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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Hellenistic Monarchies| > |Seleucid Kingdom| > GB18756
Seleukid Kingdom, Diodotus Tryphon, 142 - 138 B.C.
|Seleucid| |Kingdom|, |Seleukid| |Kingdom,| |Diodotus| |Tryphon,| |142| |-| |138| |B.C.|, Tryphon, a general, betrayed and deposed the child king Antiochus VI and seized power for himself in Coele-Syria. He reinstated Hasmonean rule in Judea in exchange for which Jewish armies under the High Priest Jonathan marched against his rival Demetrius. But Tryphon betrayed Jonathan taking him prisoner at a "friendly" meeting and marching his army to Judaea. Jonathan's brother, Simon Maccabaeus, was ready for battle, preventing invasion. Tryphon promised to free Jonathan in exchange for one hundred talents and Jonathan's two sons as hostages. Simon did not trust Tryphon, but he complied so he could not be accused of his brother's death. As expected, Jonathan was executed.Tryphon committed suicide after he was defeated by Antiochus VII.
GB18756. Bronze AE 18, SNG Spaer 1830, SGCV II 7089, aVF, Antioch (Antakya, Turkey) mint, weight 5.023g, maximum diameter 18.0mm, die axis 0o, obverse diademed head right; reverse [BAΣIΛEΩΣ TPYΦΩNOΣ AYTOKPATOPOΣ], spiked Macedonian helmet left with ibex horn, star in inner lower left field; rugged dark green patina; SOLD











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