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E-auction 598-563952 - bgr_959699 - SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ALEXANDER I BALAS Drachme

SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ALEXANDER I BALAS Drachme VF
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Estimate : 120 €
Price : 37 €
Maximum bid : 42 €
End of the sale : 30 September 2024 14:01:20
bidders : 7 bidders
Type : Drachme
Date: c. 150-145 AC.
Mint name / Town : Antioche, Syrie,
Metal : silver
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 3,70 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Métal piqué. Portrait agréable. Patine grise
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête diadémée d’Alexandre Ier à droite.

Reverse


Reverse description : Apollon nu assis à gauche sur l’omphalos, appuyé de la main droite sur son arc et tenant une flèche de la main gauche.
Reverse legend : BASILEWS// ALEXANDROU// QEOPATOROS// EUERGETOU
Reverse translation : (Roi Alexandre divin évergète).

Historical background


SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ALEXANDER I BALAS

(150-145 BC)

Alexander I Balas, who claimed to be the son of Antiochus IV Epiphanes (175-164 AC.), succeeded Demetrius I Soter who was killed on the battlefield. He married Cleopatra Thea. With the help of Attalus II of Pergame (160-139 AC.) and Ptolemy VI Philometor (180-145 AC.), he managed to stay five years in Syria before being overthrown and massacred. Demetrius II succeeded him..

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