v38_0315 - SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ANTIOCHUS IX CYZICENUS Tétradrachme
MONNAIES 38 (2009)
Starting price : 380.00 €
Estimate : 680.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 380.00 €
Estimate : 680.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Tétradrachme
Date: c. 109-108 AC.
Mint name / Town : Syrie, Antioche
Metal : silver
Diameter : 27 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 16,15 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale et épais, un peu court au revers. Très beau portrait du roi. Joli revers massif avec une petite faiblesse de frappe. Jolie patine de collection ancienne avec des reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête 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/ (DIO)/ (DA) - (KU)
Reverse translation : (du roi Antiochus qui aime son père).
Commentary
Ce type semble beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux. L’exemplaire de la collection Spaer présente un petit B dans le champ à droite qui en fait ressemble à notre monogramme.
Historical background
SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ANTIOCHUS IX CYZICENUS
(113-95 BC)
Third 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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