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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Hellenistic Monarchies| > |Seleucid Kingdom| > GB15959
Seleukid Kingdom, Antiochus IV Epiphanes, 175 - 164 B.C.
|Seleucid| |Kingdom|, |Seleukid| |Kingdom,| |Antiochus| |IV| |Epiphanes,| |175| |-| |164| |B.C.|, In 167 B.C. Antiochus IV entered the Temple in Jerusalem, erected an altar to Zeus, and sacrificed a pig on it. That desecration triggered the Maccabean Revolt. The Festival of Hanukkah annually commemorates the Hasmonean victory and cleansing of the Temple.
GB15959. Bronze AE 16, SNG Spaer 1028, aF, rough, Seleucia mint, weight 3.548g, maximum diameter 15.8mm, die axis 0o, obverse veiled female bust right, monogram left; reverse BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY, elephant head left, galley forepart right, M over small pellet left; SOLD











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