E-auction 115-61653 - bgr_359461 - SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ALEXANDER I BALAS Drachme
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| Estimate : | 95 € |
| Price : | 41 € |
| Maximum bid : | 41 € |
| End of the sale : | 29 June 2015 15:00:30 |
| bidders : | 6 bidders |
Type : Drachme
Date: c. 150-145 AC.
Mint name / Town : Antioche, Syrie,
Metal : silver
Diameter : 17,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,49 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan irrégulier, piqué et corrodé. Portrait à l’usure importante. Joli revers
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 : [BA]SILE[WS]// ALEXANDR[OU]// QEOPATOROS// EUERGETOU// O(HG).
Reverse translation : (Roi Alexandre divin évergète).
Commentary
Métal piqué et corrodé.
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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