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Seleucid Kingdom. Antiochus Hierax. 242(?)-227 BC. Tetradrachm, 16.77g (11h). Alexandria TroasObv: Diademed head of king right. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ Apollo Delphinios seated left on omphalos, holding arrow, other hand resting on bow; two monograms in outer left field, horse grazing right In exergue. SC 877.8 (workshop A, series II, group A). VF
The younger son of Antiochus II and Laodike, Antiochus Hierax, with his mother's support, maintained an independent regime in Asia Minor for most of the reign of his brother, Seleucus II. Eventually he was defeated by Attalos I of the Pergamene kingdom. Hierax sought help in Egypt, then Thrace, where however he was killed by bandits
The younger son of Antiochus II and Laodike, Antiochus Hierax, with his mother's support, maintained an independent regime in Asia Minor for most of the reign of his brother, Seleucus II. Eventually he was defeated by Attalos I of the Pergamene kingdom. Hierax sought help in Egypt, then Thrace, where however he was killed by bandits