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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Posthumous Issues of Antiochos IV. 146/5 BC. Æ (20.5mm, 8.77 g, 12h). Antioch on the Orontes. Radiate head right / Zeus Nikephoros seated left; H in exergue. SC 1887b; Mørkholm, Posthumous 15; HGC 9, 748. Dark brown surfaces. Good VF. Choice for this very rare issue.
From the MNL Collection. Ex Jencek Historical Enterprise inventory Y02619 (July 2013).
In the final year of Alexander I Balas' reign, Demetrios II Nikator, seeking to avenge the death of his father, Demetrios I Soter, advanced on Alexander from Cilicia, supported by troops of Ptolemy VI of Egypt that advanced from Palestine. Alexander fled from Antioch to rally his forces at a chosen location to the east. Between this time and the arrival of Demetrios' forces, Antioch struck a very short series of coins in the name of Antiochos IV. A number of the tetradrachms are dated, confirming this chronology, but while the chronology is certain, the purpose of the issue remains unknown.
From the MNL Collection. Ex Jencek Historical Enterprise inventory Y02619 (July 2013).
In the final year of Alexander I Balas' reign, Demetrios II Nikator, seeking to avenge the death of his father, Demetrios I Soter, advanced on Alexander from Cilicia, supported by troops of Ptolemy VI of Egypt that advanced from Palestine. Alexander fled from Antioch to rally his forces at a chosen location to the east. Between this time and the arrival of Demetrios' forces, Antioch struck a very short series of coins in the name of Antiochos IV. A number of the tetradrachms are dated, confirming this chronology, but while the chronology is certain, the purpose of the issue remains unknown.