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bgr_300530 - SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ANTIOCHUS XII DIONYSUS Unité

SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ANTIOCHUS XII DIONYSUS Unité VF
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Item sold on our e-shop (2013)
Price : 125.00 €
Type : Unité
Date: 87-86 AC.
Mint name / Town : Syrie, Damas
Metal : copper
Diameter : 21,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 6,70 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale bien centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait d’Antiochus XII à l’usure importante. Joli revers. Patine marron
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient du stock de CGB en 1990

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPE.
Obverse description : Tête diadémée d’Antiochus XII à droite.

Reverse


Reverse description : Tyché drapée, tenant une palme de la main droite et une corne d’abondance de la main gauche.
Reverse legend : BASILEWS/ ANTIOCOU/ EPIFANOU - FILO-PATOROS/ KALLNIKOU/ P.
Reverse translation : (du roi Antiochus glorieux qui aime son père victorieux).

Commentary


Ce type semble plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux.

Historical background


SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ANTIOCHUS XII DIONYSUS

(87-82 BC)

Antiochus is the younger son of Antiochus VIII and Cleopatra Tryphaina. He is the brother of Seleucus VI, Antiochus XI, Demetrius III and Philip I. He succeeded his brother Demetrius III in Damascus. He had to fight against the Nabataeans. He opposed his brother Philip I, who temporarily seized Damascus. He died fighting the Nabataeans.

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