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Seleucid Kingdom. Cleopatra and Antiochus VIII. 125-121 BC. Tetradrachm, 16.70g (12h). Damascus, Year 192 = 121/120 BC. Obv: Jugate heads right of Cleopatra Thea, diademed and wearing stephane and veil, and her son Antiochus VIII, diademed; fillet border. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΗΣ ΚΛΕΟΠΑΤΡΑΣ ΘΕΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΒΑΣ-ΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤ-ΙΟΧΟΥ Zeus enthroned left, holding Nike and scepter; in outer left field and beneath throne, monograms; in exergue, RPP (year 192). SC 2267.2b. LSM 88. Houghton Coll. I 848. SNG Spaer 2492. Toned. Good VF
Cleopatra Thea, daughter of Ptolemy VI, was married successively to three Seleucid rulers, Alexander I Balas, Demetrius II, and Antiochus VIII, in order to stabilize the precarious relationship between the Ptolemaic and Seleucid empires. She gave birth to numerous children (among them Antiochus VI, VIII, and IX), and turned out to be a tough character. So she did not help her second husband Demetrius when he sought refuge with her at Tyre (he was then murdered) and she tried to poison her son Antiochus VIII, but Antiochus was warned and forced her to drink the poison herself
Cleopatra Thea, daughter of Ptolemy VI, was married successively to three Seleucid rulers, Alexander I Balas, Demetrius II, and Antiochus VIII, in order to stabilize the precarious relationship between the Ptolemaic and Seleucid empires. She gave birth to numerous children (among them Antiochus VI, VIII, and IX), and turned out to be a tough character. So she did not help her second husband Demetrius when he sought refuge with her at Tyre (he was then murdered) and she tried to poison her son Antiochus VIII, but Antiochus was warned and forced her to drink the poison herself