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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Hellenistic Monarchies| > |Seleucid Kingdom| > GY57150
Seleukid Kingdom, Antiochus IX Cyzicenus, 114 - 95 B.C.
|Seleucid| |Kingdom|, |Seleukid| |Kingdom,| |Antiochus| |IX| |Cyzicenus,| |114| |-| |95| |B.C.|, After Antiochus IX's father died, his uncle Demetrius II Nicator took the throne. For his safety, his mother, Cleopatra Thea, sent him to Cyzicus (leading to his nickname). He returned to Syria in 116 B.C. to claim the throne from his half-brother Antiochus VIII Grypus, with whom he eventually divided Syria. He was killed in battle by the son of Grypus, Seleucus VI Epiphanes.
GY57150. Bronze AE 17, cf. Houghton-Lorber II 2388(2), SNG Spaer 2734, SNG Cop 413, VF, uncertain (Phoenician?) mint, weight 4.219g, maximum diameter 17.4mm, die axis 0o, 111 - 110 B.C.; obverse winged bust of Eros right; reverse BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY on right, ΦIΛOΠATOPOΣ on left, Nike advancing left, wreath in extended right hand, BΣ (Seleukid era year 202) outer left; nice highlighting desert patina, lovely Eros; SOLD











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