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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2944716, member: 56859&quot;]It&#039;s from a Seleukid king... Antiochos IX?&nbsp; Not my forte but if not him, one of those Antiochos guys.</p><p><br /></p><p>Check Vcoins and CNG&#039;s archives; you&#039;ll find many.&nbsp; Here&#039;s <a href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/forum_ancient_coins/62/product/forvm_seleukid_antiochos_ix_kyzikenos_ae23_dionysos_holds_kantharos_and_thyrsus/667688/Default.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/forum_ancient_coins/62/product/forvm_seleukid_antiochos_ix_kyzikenos_ae23_dionysos_holds_kantharos_and_thyrsus/667688/Default.aspx" rel="nofollow">one currently on Vcoins, listed by Forum Ancient Coins</a>:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://images.vcoins.com/product_image/62/3/6/3Jw9NeC49XywRso8g5GcTm7xd6nQ2k.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Seleukid Kingdom, Antiochus IX Cyzicenus, 114 - 95 B.C.</b></p><p><br /></p><p>GY78038. Bronze AE 23, Houghton-Lorber II 2352a; Houghton CSE 498; SNG Spaer 2725; Babelon Rois 1484; BMC Seleucids p. 93, 22; HGC 9 1246 (S-R1), F, green patina, centered on tight flan, porous, 9.176g, 22.5mm, 0o, Tarsos (Tarsus, Mersin, Turkey) mint, diademed head of Antiochus IX right, short curly beard, bevelled edge; reverse Dionysos standing left, kantharos in extended right, thyrsus vertical in left hand, ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ in two downward lines on right, ΦΙΛΟΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ downward on left, E outer left high, NK monogram outer left center; from the Butte College Foundation, ex Lindgren</p><p><br /></p><p>After Antiochus IX&#039;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.</p><p><br /></p><p>(from the listing)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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