Live auction - bgr_372343 - SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - SELEUKOS IV PHILOPATOR Tétradrachme
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| Estimate : | 1 500 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 15 December 2015 14:20:19 |
Type : Tétradrachme
Date: c. 187-175 AC.
Mint name / Town : Damas, Syrie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 28,5 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 16,78 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale et irrégulier bien centré des deux côtés avec les grènetis visibles. Très beau portrait de Séleucus IV, accosté de la couronne derrière la tête. Très joli revers de style fin à l’usure superficielle. Belle patine de collection ancienne avec des reflets mordorés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête diadémée de Séleucos IV à droite ; derrière une couronne fermée.
Reverse
Reverse description : Apollon assis à gauche sur l'omphalos, tenant une flèche de la main droite et appuyé de la gauche sur son arc ; dans le champ à gauche, une bandelette et une palme.
Reverse legend : BASILEWS/ SELE-UKOU/ DI.
Reverse translation : (du roi Séleucus).
Commentary
Ce type était donné à l’atelier de Nisibe et semble plutôt attribué aujourd’hui à Nisibe. Il est connu sous le vocable d’atelier à la couronne qui le caractérise. Semble plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux.
Historical background
SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - SELEUKOS IV PHILOPATOR
(187-175 BC)
Seleucus IV Philopator (the one who loves his father), the second son of Antiochus III the Great (223-187 AC), ensured great military commands in the war between the Seleucids, the kingdom of Pergamon and the Romans. After the defeat of Magnesia of the Meander in 190 BC, Antiochus III was forced to sign the Peace of Apamea in 188 BC. This agreement carved up the kingdom and consecrated the final loss of Asia Minor . The following year, Antiochus III was assassinated by the revolted crowd of Élymais who punished the King for wanting to dispossess the temple of Anaitis. Seleucus IV was regent in Antioch at the time of his father's death. The new king had to endure during his reign the disastrous conditions of the Peace of Apamea, pay the heavy indemnity and consolidate what remained of the great kingdom. In 175, the Romans freed his older brother, who had been captive for thirteen years. Seleucus was assassinated at the instigation of his prime minister Heliodorus who replaced him with the last son of Antiochus III, Antiochus IV Epiphanes.
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