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Seleucid Kingdom. Antiochus V. 164-162 BC. Tetradrachm, 16.72g. (1h). AntiochObv: Diademed head of Antiochus V right, diadem ends falling straight behind, fillet border. Rx: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY EYΠATOPOΣ Zeus seated left, holding scepter in left hand and in right hand Nike who crowns royal name. Monogram in outer left field. SC 1575.2, pl. 10 (same obverse die). Le Rider, Antioche, p. 237, 74 ff., pl. 26, 8-21. Good VF.
Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection. Ex Ponterio 141, 13 January 2007, lot 1507.
Son of Antiochus IV, Antiochus V became king of the Seleucid empire when he was nine years old. The corrupt council ruling in his name was weak, and during the following three years large parts of the empire were lost. When in 162 Demetrius I, the son of Seleucus IV, escaped from Rome where he had lived for years as a hostage, Antiochus was murdered and Demetrius acclaimed as the new ruler.
Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection. Ex Ponterio 141, 13 January 2007, lot 1507.
Son of Antiochus IV, Antiochus V became king of the Seleucid empire when he was nine years old. The corrupt council ruling in his name was weak, and during the following three years large parts of the empire were lost. When in 162 Demetrius I, the son of Seleucus IV, escaped from Rome where he had lived for years as a hostage, Antiochus was murdered and Demetrius acclaimed as the new ruler.