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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pavlos, post: 3352892, member: 96635&quot;]Very nice coin, I did not know he issued such coins without his own portrait on it. The first thing I would think off is a municipal issue but it is lacking the name of Antioch on the coin.&nbsp; Alexander Balas really issued some interesting coins, which is surprising, as he is a usurper. I think this all have to do that he wanted to &quot;win-over&quot; the population of the cities.</p><p><br /></p><p>My favorite bronze of Alexander Balas would still be this one:</p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/sR1ctrn.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Alexander I Balas Æ Bronze. Cyrrhus mint (149/8 B.C.)</b></p><p><b>Obverse:</b> Diademed head of Alexander I Balas right.</p><p><b>Reverse:</b> KYPPHΣΤΩN; Zeus standing facing, head left, holding filleted wreath, at his feet an owl; ΔΞP (year 164, 149/8 B.C.) in left field, monogram below.</p><p>21mm; 6.41g</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Great set of usurpers, and lovely tetradrachm of Alexander Balas and Antiochos Hierax. I still need to get quite some coins from these usurpers. I think a bronze coin of Tryphon will be the easiest to get. A drachm of Tryphon would be really nice, but I understand when you say that you are missing the rare silver types.</p><p><br /></p><p>The most interesting type I would love the get is the so called &quot;Sandan&quot; type, but extremely rare and pricey.</p><p><br /></p><p>Which 3 usurpers are you missing? Timarchos, Andragoras and Diodotus I? No idea if you can really count Andragoras and Diodotus as usurpers.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t know how you paid for this one, but it is an excellent coin, both obverse and reverse.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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