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E-auction 39-14902 - bgr_301571 - SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ALEXANDER I BALAS Dichalque serratus

SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ALEXANDER I BALAS Dichalque serratus VF
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Estimate : 55 €
Price : 18 €
Maximum bid : 21 €
End of the sale : 13 January 2014 15:00:30
bidders : 4 bidders
Type : Dichalque serratus
Date: c. 150-146 AC.
Mint name / Town : Antioche, Syrie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 5,24 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan épais et irrégulier à l’usure importante, identifiable. Patine vert foncé granuleuse
Catalogue references :

Obverse


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

Reverse


Reverse description : Athéna nicéphore casquée et drapée debout à gauche, tenant une petite niké de la main droite et une lance de main gauche appuyée sur son bouclier.
Reverse legend : BASILEWS// ALEXANDROU/ (Ko) (HAR).
Reverse translation : (du roi Alexandre).

Commentary


Poids très léger. Monogramme dans le champ.

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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