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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pavlos, post: 3586898, member: 96635&quot;]Great coin! It has a very nice style behind that toning. There were indeed some nice Seleukid tetradrachm bargains sold in the auction.</p><p><br /></p><p>I agree Antiochos VII is the last great Seleukid king, especially compared to his evil brother Demetrios II.</p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/3m9yeBK.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>Antiochos VII Euergetes (138-129 B.C.) AE Prutah, Denomination C (unit). Jeruzalem mint, Hasmonean vassalage issue under John Hyrkanos I (Yehohanan) 132 B.C. - 130 B.C.</b></p><p><b>Obverse:</b> Lily on stem.</p><p><b>Reverse:</b> BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ANTIOXOY EYEPΓETOY. Anchor, flukes upward; uncertain date below (either S.E. 181 or 182 (132/1 or 131/0 B.C.)).</p><p>Reference: SC 2123; HGC 9, 1103; Hendin 1131b.</p><p><br /></p><p>“<i>When he besieged Jerusalem, the Jews, in respect of their great festival, begged of him seven days’ truce; which he not only granted, but preparing oxen with gilded horns, with a great quantity of incense and perfumes, he went before them to the very gates, and having delivered them as a sacrifice to their priests, he returned back to his army. The Jews wondered at him, and as soon as their festival was finished, surrendered themselves to him.</i>” Plutarch, Morals, Vol. I, p. 208[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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