Live auction - bgr_467726 - SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ANTIOCHUS VII SIDETES Tétradrachme
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| Estimate : | 550 € |
| Price : | 320 € |
| Maximum bid : | 330 € |
| End of the sale : | 05 June 2018 14:18:57 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Tétradrachme
Date: an 178
Mint name / Town : Tyr, Phénicie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 27,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 13,24 g.
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large ovale et irrégulier, bien centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait d’Antiochus VII. Joli revers de frappe un peu faible. Patine grise superficielle
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire a été acquis en 1991 et provient du stock de Conseils Placements
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Buste diadèmé et drapé d'Antiochus VII à droite.
Reverse
Reverse description : Aigle debout à gauche sur un gouvernail ; dans le champ une massue avec le monogramme de Tyr ; palme sur l'aile ; monogramme surmontant la date, derrière l'aigle ; monogramme entre les pattes.
Reverse legend : ANTIOCOU BASILEWS/ ARE/ TUR/ ASU/ HOR.
Commentary
Très beau portrait expressif d’Antiochus VII. Malgré la rareté relative du type, nous n’avons pas relevé d’identité de coin pertinente.
Historical background
SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ANTIOCHUS VII SIDETES
(138-129 BC)
Antiochus VII was the second son of Demetrius I and the brother of Demetrius II Nicator. His nickname Sidetes comes from the city of Side, where he was raised. He married his sister-in-law Cleopatra, the daughter of Ptolemy VI, after eliminating Tryphon who had had Antiochus VI Dionysus assassinated. During his reign, he had to fight against the Jews who had emancipated themselves and refused to pay tribute, and against his powerful Parthian neighbors who had captured his brother, Demetrius II Nicator. Defeated by the Parthians of Phraates II (138-127 AC.), he died during a brawl and left a son, the future Antiochus IX Cyzicene.
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