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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.SH98738. Silver tetradrachm, Houghton CSE 759 (this coin); Houghton-Lorber II 2109(5)a; SNG Spaer 2021; Newell Tyre 121; BMC Seleucid p. 70, 7; HGC 9 1074; Cohen DCA 198, gVF, excellent portrait, scratches, marks, obv. off center, Phoenicia, Tyre (Lebanon) mint, weight 14.042g, maximum diameter 29.5mm, die axis 0o, 136 - 135 B.C.; obverse Antiochos VII diademed head right; reverse ANTIOXOY BAΣIΛEΩΣ, eagle standing left on prow, palm branch behind, A/PE monogram above 
(Tyre monogram) over club left, AvΣ monogram over ZOP (year 177, Z appears as I) right, 
(control monogram) between legs; from the CEB Collection, ex Numismatic Fine Arts (12 Oct 1988); Houghton CSE plate coin (1983); SOLD
(Tyre monogram) over club left, AvΣ monogram over ZOP (year 177, Z appears as I) right, (control monogram) between legs; from the CEB Collection, ex Numismatic Fine Arts (12 Oct 1988); Houghton CSE plate coin (1983); SOLD 
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