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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos VII Euergetes (Sidetes). 138-129 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31mm, 14.07 g, 1h). Ptolemaïs (Ake) mint. Dated SE 177 (136/5 BC). Diademed head right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ, eagle standing left on thunderbolt; monogram to left, ZOP (date) to right, pellet below wing. SC 2116.1 var. (location of pellet); Babelon, Rois 1104 var. (no pellet); HGC 9, 1075; DCA 196. Lightly toned. Good VF. Extremely rare issue, of which none are recorded with pellet below the eagle’s wing.
All of the silver issues of Antiochos VII from Ptolemaïs are dated to SE 177 (136/5 BC), and are likely connected to the Seleukid military campaign in Judaea, which culminated in a siege of Jerusalem the following year. The siege resulted in the submission of the Judaeans to the Seleukid king, and a payment of 500 talents of silver.
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Triton XXVI – Session Two – Lot 335-673 will be held Tuesday afternoon, 10 January 2023 beginning at 2:00 PM ET.
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