bgr_353524 - SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ANTIOCHUS VII SIDETES Didrachme
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Item sold on our e-shop (2018)
Price : 550.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2018)
Price : 550.00 €
Type : Didrachme
Date: an 174
Mint name / Town : Tyr, Phénicie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 6,94 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large, légèrement décentré des deux côtés. Beau portrait d’Antiochus VII. Revers bien venu à la frappe. Patine grise de collection ancienne avec des reflets dorés
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Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Buste imberbe, diadémé et drapé d'Antiochus VII à droite.
Reverse
Reverse description : Aigle debout à gauche sur un gouvernail ; dans le champ une massue avec le monogramme de Tyr ; palme sur l'aile ; monogramme surmontant la date, derrière l'aigle ; lettre grecque entre les pattes de l’aigle ; grènetis circulaire perlé.
Reverse legend : ANTIOCOU BASILEWS/ A/RE/ TUR/ A(SU)/ DOR/ F.
Reverse translation : (du roi Antiochus/ Tyr, an 177).
Commentary
Malgré la rareté relative du type, nous n’avons pas relevé d’identité de coin pertinente.
Historical background
SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ANTIOCHUS VII SIDETES
(138-129 BC)
Antiochus VII was the second son of Demetrius I and the brother of Demetrius II Nicator. His nickname Sidetes comes from the city of Side, where he was raised. He married his sister-in-law Cleopatra, the daughter of Ptolemy VI, after eliminating Tryphon who had had Antiochus VI Dionysus assassinated. During his reign, he had to fight against the Jews who had emancipated themselves and refused to pay tribute, and against his powerful Parthian neighbors who had captured his brother, Demetrius II Nicator. Defeated by the Parthians of Phraates II (138-127 AC.), he died during a brawl and left a son, the future Antiochus IX Cyzicene.
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