bgr_897790 - SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ANTIOCHUS IV EPIPHANES Dichalque
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Type : Dichalque
Date: c. 169-168 AC.
Mint name / Town : Antioche, Syrie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 26,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 18,55 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée à l’usure importante mais régulière. Revers agréable. Patine foncée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête diadémée d’Isis à droite, coiffée de la tainia et de la coiffe d’Isis ; grènetis .
Reverse
Reverse description : Aigle debout à droite sur un foudre.
Reverse legend : BASILEWS/ ANTIOCOU - QEOU/ EPIFANOUS// NIKHFOROU.
Reverse translation : (Du roi Antiochus divin glorieux victorieux).
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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