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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David@PCC, post: 7769233, member: 80556&quot;]Haven&#039;t purchased many coins this year, actually buying is a fraction of last years. This type has eluded me for years and on average I may see one every year or two offered for sale. Asiaticus is the nickname for Antiochus XIII, which means the one from Asia Minor. He is the last king from the Seleucid dynasty that began 250 years before. His formal epitaph is Philadelphus or brother loving. History fails to record who this person actually is, but he is assumed to have been with his older brother when traveling to Rome as an emissary. These events were taking place while Tigranes II occupied the Seleucid territory. His mother Cleopatra Selene is believed to have sent her two 2 sons to Rome so that they would be recognized as kings of Syria once more as well as Egypt. They were denied the claim to Egypt.</p><p>In 69 BC Tigranes was expelled and Antiochus regained control of Antioch. Not long after a revolt broke out to give power to Philip II, but was quelled. Antiochus years of reign are therefore recorded as 69 to 67 BC and 65/64 BC because of this. Pompey came to Antioch in 64 BC and refused Antiochus the throne further. He was disposed and what was left of the Seleucid kingdom became a Roman province.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1332231[/ATTACH]</p><p>Antiochus XIII Philadelphus</p><p>Antioch on the Orontes</p><p>69 to 64 BC</p><p>AR Tetradrachm</p><p>Obvs: Diademed head of Antiochus right with hornlike lock curling upward above ear, fillet border.</p><p>Revs: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOV on right, ΦIΛAΔEΛΦOV on left. Zeus enthroned left holding Nike and sceptre, laurel wreath border. Monogram inner left.</p><p>24x26mm, 13.93g</p><p>Ref: SC 2487a; HGC 9, 1340(R1-R2)</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin is quite worn, but I am happy with it as these are hard to come by. He only struck Tetradrachms at Antioch. He is also featured on bronze coins with his mother Cleopatra, but good luck finding one of those. The scarcity comes from his short reign and that only 2 obverse dies are known. Mine shares a double die match to one in the <a href="https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b85751716" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b85751716" rel="nofollow">Bibliothèque nationale de France</a>, which further attest to their scarcity. This makes my 14th Antiochus, I am still in need of one to get all 15 kings named Antiochus. This one being the 13th variant, I say that because I have been watching the Loki series.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1332254[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Please share any of your coins of any Antiochus.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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