bgr_709964 - SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ANTIOCHUS VII SIDETES Drachme
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Type : Drachme
Date: c. 138-129 AC.
Mint name / Town : Antioche, Syrie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 4,14 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan bien centré des deux côtés à l’usure régulière. Patine de collection ancienne
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Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête diadémée d'Antiochus VII à droite, entouré de la stemma.
Reverse
Reverse description : Niké volant à gauche, tenant une couronne de la main droite coupant la légende et tenant les plis de son vêtement de la main gauche.
Reverse legend : BASILEWS/ ANTIOCOU// EU-ERGETOU/ (DI)/ P.
Reverse translation : (Du roi Antiochus évergète).
Commentary
Pour cet atelier, les auteurs du Seleucid Coins ont recensé six variétés différentes.
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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