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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Hellenistic Monarchies| > |Seleucid Kingdom| > SH08064
Seleukid Kingdom, Demetrius II Nikator, 146 - 138 and 129 - 125 B.C.
|Seleucid| |Kingdom|, |Seleukid| |Kingdom,| |Demetrius| |II| |Nikator,| |146| |-| |138| |and| |129| |-| |125| |B.C.|, Demetrios II Nikator attacked the Parthians in 138 B.C. but was defeated and captured. He was held in captivity until 129 B.C., when he was released and began his second reign. He was murdered in 125 B.C.

Jesus visited Sidon (Matthew 15:21, Mark 7:24) and it was from Sidon that the apostle Paul sailed for Rome (Acts 27:3,4).
SH08064. Silver tetradrachm, Houghton-Lorber I 254(2)b, SNG Spaer 1655, gVF, Sidon (Saida, Lebanon) mint, weight 14.08g, maximum diameter 26.6mm, die axis 0o, 145 - 144 B.C.; obverse diademed bust right, border of dots; reverse BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΔHMHTPIOY, eagle standing left, ΗΞP (year 168 = 145/144 B.C.), monogram and palm branch in left field, ΣIΔΩ and aphlastron in right field; small nick on cheek, nicely toned; SOLD











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