v11_0153 - SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ALEXANDER I BALAS Drachme

SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ALEXANDER I BALAS Drachme XF

MONNAIES 11 (2002)
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 :

SMA.138 - BMC.17 pl. 16/2 - Spaer1421 var. - CSE.173

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..

SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ALEXANDER I BALAS Dichalque XF

240.00 €

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SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ALEXANDER I BALAS Drachme XF

150.00 €

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SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ALEXANDER I BALAS Dilepton VF

75.00 €

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SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ALEXANDER I BALAS Drachme AU/XF

180.00 €

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SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ALEXANDER I BALAS Dichalque XF/VF

100.00 €

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SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ALEXANDER I BALAS Hemidrachme AU/XF

450.00 €

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v11_0153 - SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ALEXANDER I BALAS Drachme

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Historical background

SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ALEXANDER I BALAS

(150-145 BC)

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