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Seleukid Kingdom, Antiochus VII Euergetes Sidetes, 138 - 129 B.C.
After his brother Demetrius was captured by the Parthians, Antiochus VII was made king. He married Demetrius' wife Cleopatra Thea. He defeated the usurper Tryphon at Dora and laid siege to Jerusalem in 134. According to Josephus, the Hasmonean king John Hyrcanus opened King David's sepulcher and removed three thousand talents, which he then paid Antiochus to spare the city. Sidetes then attacked the Parthians, supported by a body of Jews under Hyrcanus, and briefly took back Mesopotamia, Babylonia and Media before being ambushed and killed by Phraates II. His brother Demetrius II had by then been released, but the Seleucid realm was now restricted to Syria. Antiochus VII was the last Seleucid king of any stature.SH34907. Silver tetradrachm, SNG Spaer 2051, VF, Phoenicia, Tyre (Lebanon) mint, weight 13.706g, maximum diameter 29.5mm, die axis 0o, year 179 (134 - 133 B.C.); obverse Antiochos VII diademed head right; reverse BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY, eagle standing left on prow, palm branch behind, APE monogram above 
(Tyre monogram) over club left, AΣY monogram and date ΘOP right, ΓΠP monogram between eagle's legs; struck the year Antiochos VII laid siege to Jerusalem; scarce; SOLD
(Tyre monogram) over club left, AΣY monogram and date ΘOP right, ΓΠP monogram between eagle's legs; struck the year Antiochos VII laid siege to Jerusalem; scarce; SOLD 
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