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bgr_969085 - SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ALEXANDER I BALAS Drachme

SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ALEXANDER I BALAS Drachme VF
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Type : Drachme
Date: c. 150-145 AC.
Mint name / Town : Antioche, Syrie,
Metal : silver
Diameter : 16,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,50 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie légèrement décentrée au droit. Revers agréable. Usure importante mais régulière. Patine grise
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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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