Live auction - bgr_394226 - SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ANTIOCHUS IV EPIPHANES Dichalque
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| Estimate : | 750 € |
| Price : | 450 € |
| Maximum bid : | 750 € |
| End of the sale : | 28 June 2016 14:38:15 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Dichalque
Date: c. 168-164 AC.
Mint name / Town : Antioche du Callirhoe (Édesse), Mésopotamie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 7,89 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale et épais bien centré des deux côtés. Belle tête radiée d’Antiochus IV. Joli revers de style fin. Très jolie patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection Arthur Houghton (CSE. 894, pl. 52) et de la collection François Charrin
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête radiée et diadémée d’Antiochus IV à droite, entourée d’un grènetis circulaire.
Reverse
Reverse description : Zeus debout de face, tourné à gauche, tenant un aigle de la main droite et un sceptre long de la main gauche.
Reverse legend : ANTIOCEWN/ TWN/ EPI KA-LLIROHI/ (SE)
Reverse translation : (Antioche près de Callirhoe).
Commentary
Cet exemplaire est illustré dans l’ouvrage d’Arthur Houghton, Coins of Seleucid Empire,ACNAC. 4, New York, 1983, p. 91, n° 894, pl. 52.
Historical background
SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ANTIOCHUS IV EPIPHANES
(175-164 BC)
Antiochus IV was the youngest son of Antiochus III. He had been sent to Rome as a hostage after the Peace of Apamea. He fought the Egyptians, ravaged the Temple of Jerusalem and won several victories over Ptolemy VI Philometor (180-145 BC).
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