v11_0153 - SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ALEXANDER I BALAS Drachme
MONNAIES 11 (2002)
Starting price : 114.34 €
Estimate : 213.43 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 114.34 €
Estimate : 213.43 €
unsold lot
Type : Drachme
Date: an 163
Mint name / Town : Syrie, Antioche
Metal : silver
Diameter : 17,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,54 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Beau portrait. Patine foncée. Revers de joli style
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête diadémée d’Alexandre Ier à droite, entourée de la stemma.
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// QEOPA-TOROS// EUERGETOU// GXP
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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