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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pavlos, post: 3520100, member: 96635&quot;]Great coin and example of the Egyptianizing series!</p><p><br /></p><p>This is mine from the series:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/GkwFibA.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Antiochos IV Epiphanes Egyptianizing series (175 B.C. - 164 B.C.)</b></p><p><b>Obverse: </b>Wreathed head of Isis right.</p><p><b>Reverse: </b>BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY ΘEOY EΠIΦANOYΣ, Eagle standing right on thunderbolt.</p><p><b>Size: </b>18,17g; 25mm</p><p><br /></p><p>His nickname &quot;Epimanes&quot; (The Mad one) given by fellow Seleukids was actually entirely unrelated to his actions in Judea. Hence, he even got the new title of &quot;Nikephoros&quot; (bringer of victory) after his &#039;victories&#039; in Judea and the Sinai (Egypt). The nickname was given to him because of his extraordinary behaviour as a king. He often escaped from his attendants at court, wandering around in about all parts of the city with one or two companions. He was found at silver and goldsmith&#039;s discussing technical matters with the moulders and other craftsman. He had conversations with any common people he met and used to drink with the most foreign visitors in Antioch. Also, he would frequently put off his royal robes, changing it with a white toga and go around the market place, taking some by the hand and embracing others and beg them to give him their vote, sometimes for the office of aedile or tribune. And let&#039;s not forget him bath in public bathhouses full with commoners. In consequence all respectable men were entirely puzzled about him, some looking upon him as a plain simple man and others as a madman (Epimanes).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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