bgr_949839 - SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ALEXANDER I BALAS Dichalque
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Type : Dichalque
Date: an 163
Mint name / Town : Apamée de l’Axios, Syrie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 10,45 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Joli portrait. Usure régulière. Patine foncée et sable
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête diadémée d’Alexandre Ier à droite ; grènetis.
Reverse
Reverse description : Zeus nu jusqu’à la ceinture debout à gauche, tenant un casque macédonien de la main droite tendue et un scptre long de la main gauche.
Reverse legend : APAMEWN/ GER/ (PAFR).
Reverse translation : (d’Apamée/ an 163).
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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