Live auction - bgr_498617 - SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - PHILIP PHILADELPHUS Tétradrachme
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| Estimate : | 750 € |
| Price : | 450 € |
| Maximum bid : | 490 € |
| End of the sale : | 11 September 2018 14:16:27 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Tétradrachme
Date: c. 88/87 - 76/75 AC.
Mint name / Town : Antioche, Syrie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 26,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 15,84 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire de qualité exceptionnelle pour ce type de monnayage sur un flan large et ovale bien centré. Portrait particulier de Philippe Philadelphe. Revers de haut relief, finement détaillé. Très belle patine de collection avec des reflets dorés. Conserve l’intégralité de son brillant de frappe et de son coupant d’origine
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête diadémée de Philippe Philadelphe à droite, entouré de la stemma.
Reverse
Reverse description : Zeus nicéphore nu jusqu’à la ceinture assis à gauche sur un trône avec dossier, tenant une Niké de la main droite tendue et un sceptre long de la main gauche; le tout dans une couronne de laurier.
Reverse legend : BASILEWS/ FILIPPOU/ EPIFANOUS/ FILADELFOU// P
Reverse translation : (Roi Philippe glorieux ami de son frère ).
Commentary
Le petit (pi) à l’exergue de cet exemplaire permet d’attribuer ce type à l’atelier d’Antioche.
Historical background
SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - PHILIP PHILADELPHUS
(93-83 BC)
Philip Philadelphe, the son of Antiochus VIII, had to fight against Antiochus X (94-83 AC.) and successively lost his three brothers Antiochus XI, Demetrius III and Antiochus XII by fighting against the son of Cyzicene. He was finally driven out by the population of Antioch, tired of the perpetual Seleucid dynastic wars and replaced on the choice of the population by Tigranes, king of Armenia, who installed a new administration in Antioch (83-69 AC.).
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