bgr_831061 - SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ANTIOCHUS VII SIDETES Unité
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Type : Unité
Date: an 179
Mint name / Town : Antioche, Syrie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 6,65 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan épais centré à l’usure régulière. Jolie patine vert foncé
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Buste ailé d’Éros (Cupidon).
Reverse
Reverse description : Coiffe d’Isis surmontée d’un astre à huit rais.
Reverse legend : BASILEWS/ ANTIOCOU// EUERGETOU.
Reverse translation : (Du roi Antiochus évergète).
Commentary
Poids léger. Type tout à fait inhabituel, présenté parfois comme une dénomination B. Date hors flan.
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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