bgr_831285 - SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ANTIOCHUS VIII GRYPUS Unité
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Type : Unité
Date: c. 121/120 - 111/110 AC.
Mint name / Town : Antioche, Syrie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,75 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan décentré au droit, à l’usure régulière. Belle patine marron et sable
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête diadémée et radiée d’Antiochus VIII à droite ; grènetis circulaire.
Reverse
Reverse description : Aigle debout à gauche, le sceptre n’est pas visible.
Reverse legend : BASILEWS// ANTIOCOU// EPIFANOUS.
Reverse translation : (du roi Antiochus illustre).
Commentary
Poids léger. Sur cet exemplaire l’année n’est pas visible. Dénomination B.
Historical background
SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ANTIOCHUS VIII GRYPUS
(121-96 BC)
First reign
Antiochus VIII with the long nose (grypos) is the eldest son of Demetrius II and Cleopatra Thea. After a regency between 125 and 121 BC with his mother, whom he ended up poisoning before being assassinated himself, he had to fight for twenty years against his half-brother Antiochus IX Cyzicene (of Cyzicus) . Antioch had to be retaken four times. Antiochus reigned there from 121 to 113, then in 112 and 111, from 111 to 109, finally from 108 to 96 BC. Antiochus VIII was assassinated by his son Seleucus VI who also killed his uncle Antiochus IX before being himself eliminated by Antiochus X, son of Antiochus IX in 96 BC, a beautiful family story.
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