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Seleukid Kingdom, Antiochus IV Epiphanes, 175 - 164 B.C., Quasi-Municipal Antioch Issue
Antiochus IV took the name Epiphanes (God Manifest). His subjects made a pun on his name, calling him Epimanes (madman). In 168 B.C., Antiochus IV ordered the Jews to worship Greek gods. The Temple in Jerusalem was seized and dedicated to Zeus. The Jews revolted and after three years of fighting, Judah Maccabee defeated the Seleukid army. Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights, commemorates the rededication of the Temple in 165 B.C. According to the Talmud, there was only enough consecrated olive oil to fuel the eternal flame in the Temple for one day. Miraculously, the oil burned for eight days, enough time to prepare and consecrate fresh oil.GY87397. Bronze AE 22, Houghton-Lorber II 1416(2)a; BMC Seleucid p. 40, 65 corr.; Newell CSE 129; SNG Spaer 1010; HGC 9 656 (R1), aVF, dark green patina, porosity, central cavities, Antioch (Antakya, Turkey) mint, weight 7.759g, maximum diameter 22.3mm, die axis 0o, summer 168 - 164 B.C.; obverse radiate and diademed head of Antiochos IV right, one diadem flying up behind, the other falling forward over shoulder; reverse ANTIOXOY/TΩN / ΠPOΣ ΔAΦNHI, Zeus standing slightly right, head left, raising wreath in extended right hand, resting left hand on side, ΩΠA monogram left and AB monogram right, nothing in exergue (undated); rare; SOLD
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