bgr_952568 - SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ANTIOCHUS VII SIDETES double unité
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Type : double unité
Date: c. 139-137 AC.
Mint name / Town : Antioche, Syrie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 21,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 10,43 g.
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie légèrement décentrée au droit. Joli revers, bien venu à la frappe. Patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Proue de navire à droite.
Reverse
Reverse description : Trident vertical.
Reverse legend : BASILEWS// ANTIOCOU// EUERGETOU
Reverse translation : (du roi Antiochus Évergète).
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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