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Seleukid Kingdom, Antiochus V Eupator, 164 - 162 B.C.
Antiochus V was just nine years old when crowned. The kingdom was ruled by his regent Lysias. In 163 or early 162 B.C., the Roman legate Gnaeus Octavius enforced the Treaty of Apamea by burning the Seleukid fleet and killing the army's war elephants (private citizens assassinated him for this outrage). Soon after, Ptolemaeus, the satrap of Commagene, declared independence. Only two years after becoming king, his uncle Demetrius escaped captivity, claimed the throne and had Antiochos V and his regent executed.GY26151. Silver tetradrachm, Houghton-Lorber II 1575(1); Newell SMA 74; SNG Spaer 1243; Houghton CSE 136; BMC Seleucid p. 44, 3; HGC 9 752, VF, nice portrait, toned, light marks, Antioch (Antakya, Turkey) mint, weight 16.507g, maximum diameter 30.8mm, die axis 0o, 164 - 162 B.C.; obverse diademed head of Antiochos V right, diadem ends fall straight behind, fillet border; reverse Zeus seated left, himation around hips and legs and over left arm, Victory in extended right hand crowning name, long scepter vertical behind in left hand, BAΣIΛEΩΣ (king) downward on right, ANTIOXOY downward on left, EYΠATOPOΣ (of a good father) in exergue, ΔI monogram outer left; SOLD
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