bgr_831072 - SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - DEMETRIUS II NIKATOR Unité
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Type : Unité
Date: c. 129-125 AC.
Mint name / Town : Laodicée de Canaan, Phénicie (Berytos)
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 5,63 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan centré à l’usure régulière. Patine marron
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé et drapé de Démétrius à droite.
Reverse
Reverse description : Poséidon (Baal de Berytos) debout de face, tenant une phiale de la main droite et un trident de la main gauche.
Reverse legend : BASILEWS/ DHMHTRIOU
Reverse translation : (du roi Antiochus).
Commentary
Poids léger. C’est la première fois que nous proposons un exemplaire de ce type à la vente qui semble plus rare que ne le laissent les ouvrages généraux.
Lightweight. This is the first time that we are offering a example of this type for sale which seems rarer than general works.
Lightweight. This is the first time that we are offering a example of this type for sale which seems rarer than general works.
Historical background
SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - DEMETRIUS II NIKATOR
(129-125 BC)
Second reign
After the death of Antiochus VII, the Parthians freed Demetrius who had been a prisoner for ten years. He confronted the Egyptians and lost part of the province of Syria. After the usurpation of Alexander II Zebina, who claimed descent from Alexander I, Demetrius II was assassinated in Tire.
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