bgr_391438 - SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ANTIOCHUS VII SIDETES Tétradrachme
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Price : 550.00 €
Type : Tétradrachme
Date: an 176
Mint name / Town : Tyr, Phénicie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 27 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 14,19 g.
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan, bien centré, un peu court en bordure périphérique. Beau portrait d’Antiochus VII. Revers de style fin bien venu à la frappe. Patine grise superficielle avec des reflets dorés
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Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection Abdo Ayoub
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé et drapé d'Antiochus VII à droite ; grènetis perlé circulaire.
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 ; monogramme entre les pattes.
Reverse legend : ANTIOCOU BASILEWS/ ARE/ (TUR)/ A(SU)/ BPR/ (ER).
Reverse translation : (Antiochus roi).
Commentary
Très beau portrait expressif d’Antiochus VII.
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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