Live auction - bgr_532133 - SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ALEXANDER I BALAS Tétradrachme
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| Estimate : | 650 € |
| Price : | 320 € |
| Maximum bid : | 320 € |
| End of the sale : | 04 June 2019 14:33:34 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Tétradrachme
Date: an 163
Mint name / Town : Antioche, Syrie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 28 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 16,68 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale bien centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait d’Alexandre Ier à l’usure régulière. Joli revers de style fin. Patine de collection ancienne. A été nettoyé anciennement
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection François Charrin, de la vente Parsy du 26 novembre 2013, n° 44 et de la collection P. R. B
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête diadémée d’Alexandre Ier Balas à droite, avec une pointe naissante de barbe, entourée de la stemma.
Reverse
Reverse description : Zeus nicéphore trônant à gauche, tenant une Niké de la main droite le couronnant et un sceptre long de la gauche.
Reverse legend : BASILEWS/ ALEXANDROU/ QEOPATOROS/ EUERGETOU// (HARK).
Reverse translation : (du roi Alexandre de naissance divine évergète).
Commentary
Ce type avec le monogramme placé sous la corne d’abondance semble plus rare.
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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