bgr_931661 - SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ALEXANDER I BALAS Hemidrachme
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Type : Hemidrachme
Date: c. 151-149 AC.
Mint name / Town : Antioche, Syrie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 13,5 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 1,87 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie légèrement décentrée au revers. Joli portrait d’Alexandre Ier. Usure régulière. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête radiée d’Alexandre Ier à droite ; grènetis circulaire.
Reverse
Reverse description : Apollon nu debout à gauche appuyé de la main droite sur son arc et tenant une flèche de la main gauche.
Reverse legend : BASILEWS// ALEX-ANDROU// (PAD).
Reverse translation : (du roi Alexandre).
Commentary
Poids léger.
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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