Live auction - bgr_394286 - SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ANTIOCHUS IX CYZICENUS Tétradrachme
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| Estimate : | 850 € |
| Price : | 875 € |
| Maximum bid : | 875 € |
| End of the sale : | 28 June 2016 14:45:22 |
| bidders : | 3 bidders |
Type : Tétradrachme
Date: c. 113-112 AC.
Mint name / Town : Antioche, Syrie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 27 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 16,62 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire de qualité exceptionnelle sur un flan ovale bien centré des deux côtés, la stemma peu visible au droit. Très belle tête d’Antiochus IX. Très joli revers, finement détaillé. Très belle patine de collection avec des reflets dorés. Conserve l’intégralité de son brillant de frappe et de son coupant d’origine
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire a été acquis en 2007 et provient de la collection François Charrin
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête barbue, diadémée d'Antiochus IX à droite, entourée de la stemma.
Reverse
Reverse description : Athéna nicéphore debout à gauche, casquée et drapée, tenant une Niké de la main droite et une lance de la gauche, appuyée sur son bouclier ; dans le champ à gauche, deux monogrammes ; le tout dans une couronne de laurier.
Reverse legend : BASILEWS// ANTIOCOU// FILO-PATOROS/ (PN)/A/ - D.
Commentary
Même coin de droit que l’exemplaire de la collection Arnold Spaer (2678).
Historical background
SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ANTIOCHUS IX CYZICENUS
(113-95 BC)
First reign
Antiochus IX, the son of Antiochus VII and Cleopatra Thea, was raised in Cyzicus, hence his nickname. His half-brother, Antiochus VIII, tried to assassinate him in 116 BC and the next twenty years were one continuous series of civil wars. Antioch will be taken and retaken four times. Antiochus, who takes the title of king and Philopator (one who loves his father) in 113 BC, married Cleopatra who was murdered by his own sister, Cleopatra Tryphemus, wife of Antiochus VIII. The following year, when he took over Antioch, Antiochus IX had his sister-in-law executed in revenge. A truce is signed the following year; it will last five years. The fratricidal war resumed in 106 BC, Antiochus VIII was assassinated in 96 BC and his eldest son Seleucus VI succeeded him. The following year, Antiochus IX, defeated, kills himself so as not to fall alive into the hands of his nephew, a beautiful family story.
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