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bgr_905224 - SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ANTIOCHUS IV EPIPHANES Dichalque

SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ANTIOCHUS IV EPIPHANES Dichalque XF
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Type : Dichalque
Date: c. 168-164 AC.
Mint name / Town : Antioche du Callirhoe (Édesse), Mésopotamie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 19,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 7,32 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée à l’usure régulière. Joli portrait. Patine marron
Catalogue references :

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


L’atelier se trouvait situé près d’Édesse.

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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