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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pavlos, post: 4671259, member: 96635&quot;]Very nice coin and write up! </p><p>There is more to find about the life of Demetrios I then you think. Most of it are described in the First Book of Maccabees, but let&#039;s not forget Polybios, Diodoros and Josephos.</p><p><br /></p><p>Demetrios had survived the dangerous first years of his reign, defeating Timarchos his rebellion, and successfully bringing an end to the rebellion in Judaea. But he was still faced, like his father, with hostility from Asia Minor. In Egypt, Ptolemy VI was regaining control of his kingdom and had given refuge to the surviving Oniad, Onias IV, who developed a rival Jewish temple. </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/7evcRnC.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>Demetrios I Soter (162-150 B.C.) AE Denomination A. uncertain mint &quot;83&quot;, possibly in Cilicia or somewhere in northern Syria. Struck ca. 155-150 B.C.</b></p><p><b>Obverse:</b> Head of a lion with open jaws to left.</p><p><b>Reverse:</b> ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ Head of a boar to right; behind, monogram.</p><p><b>Reference:</b> CSE 2, 415. HGC 9, 823. SC 1660.a.</p><p>14.79g; 25mm[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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