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<p>[QUOTE="Pavlos, post: 3653362, member: 96635"]Nice coins [USER=91461]@Ryro[/USER]! Welcome to the dark side of the Seleukid Coins <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> I hope to see more posts of you regarding the cool Seleukids (they are one of my favorites <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />).</p><p><br /></p><p>My Tryphon coin:</p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/bkqPIhB.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Diodotus Tryphon (142 - 138 B.C.). Æ Denomination B/C, Antioch mint.</b></p><p><b>Obverse:</b> Diademed head of Tryphon right.</p><p><b>Reverse:</b> BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ TPYΦΩNOΣ AYTOKPATOPOΣ (“of King Tryphon, the Self-Empowered”); Spiked Macedonian helmet with cheek guards facing left, adorned with wild goat's horn above visor.</p><p>Reference: SC 2034</p><p><br /></p><p>The Macedonian helmet on the reverse is actually nothing more than (smart) propaganda. It could be, as you mentioned, a reflection of his claim that he held the kingship according to Macedonian custom. But I actually think he did it for another reason.</p><p>Demetrios II arrived in Syria with a mercenary army and crushed Alexander I Balas near Antioch-on-the-Orontes in 145 BC. He, or the mercenary commanders who surrounded him, seem to have been concerned about the loyalty of the Syrian army to the new regime. Almost as soon as Demetrios II was on the throne he took the ill-advised step to disband and disarm the troops who had served the Seleukid house for generations.</p><p><br /></p><p>Apamea-on-the-Orontes was the major Seleukid arsenal and military settlement in Syria, it may very well have been the place to which many of the disaffected soldiers had returned. These soldiers served, as I mentioned before, the Seleukid house for generations, in Macedonian style. Many of these soldiers had forefathers of the old military class that made up the Syrian army in the time of Seleukos I (and perhaps even Alexander the Great).</p><p>This proud military character is also reflected on the coinage of Apamea, see Zeus holding a Macedonian helmet:</p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/Uh1kHpA.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Alexander I Balas (152/1 B.C. - 145 B.C.) Æ Denomination B (double). Apameia on the Orontes mint. Dated 150/49 B.C.</b></p><p><b>Obverse:</b> Diademed head of Alexander I right.</p><p><b>Reverse:</b> AΠAMEΩN; Zeus standing left, holding helmet and sceptre; monogram and ΓΞΡ (date) to left;</p><p>Countermarked by Demetrios II: palm fond within incuse rectangle.</p><p>Reference: SC 1804a; HGC 9, 904; DCA 133.</p><p><br /></p><p>Tryphon made use of these angry soldiers and proclaimed Antiochos VI as king and raised the disaffected soldiers in revolt against Demetrios II. On his coin (and even the coins of Antiochos VI, see his drachms) he did a big Macedonian helmet to show is support and affection to these disaffected soldiers (wonderful propaganda ofcourse). This is how Tryphon managed to become so powerful with many followers.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Pavlos, post: 3653362, member: 96635"]Nice coins [USER=91461]@Ryro[/USER]! Welcome to the dark side of the Seleukid Coins ;) I hope to see more posts of you regarding the cool Seleukids (they are one of my favorites :rolleyes:). My Tryphon coin: [IMG]https://i.imgur.com/bkqPIhB.jpg[/IMG] [B]Diodotus Tryphon (142 - 138 B.C.). Æ Denomination B/C, Antioch mint. Obverse:[/B] Diademed head of Tryphon right. [B]Reverse:[/B] BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ TPYΦΩNOΣ AYTOKPATOPOΣ (“of King Tryphon, the Self-Empowered”); Spiked Macedonian helmet with cheek guards facing left, adorned with wild goat's horn above visor. Reference: SC 2034 The Macedonian helmet on the reverse is actually nothing more than (smart) propaganda. It could be, as you mentioned, a reflection of his claim that he held the kingship according to Macedonian custom. But I actually think he did it for another reason. Demetrios II arrived in Syria with a mercenary army and crushed Alexander I Balas near Antioch-on-the-Orontes in 145 BC. He, or the mercenary commanders who surrounded him, seem to have been concerned about the loyalty of the Syrian army to the new regime. Almost as soon as Demetrios II was on the throne he took the ill-advised step to disband and disarm the troops who had served the Seleukid house for generations. Apamea-on-the-Orontes was the major Seleukid arsenal and military settlement in Syria, it may very well have been the place to which many of the disaffected soldiers had returned. These soldiers served, as I mentioned before, the Seleukid house for generations, in Macedonian style. Many of these soldiers had forefathers of the old military class that made up the Syrian army in the time of Seleukos I (and perhaps even Alexander the Great). This proud military character is also reflected on the coinage of Apamea, see Zeus holding a Macedonian helmet: [IMG]https://i.imgur.com/Uh1kHpA.jpg[/IMG] [B]Alexander I Balas (152/1 B.C. - 145 B.C.) Æ Denomination B (double). Apameia on the Orontes mint. Dated 150/49 B.C. Obverse:[/B] Diademed head of Alexander I right. [B]Reverse:[/B] AΠAMEΩN; Zeus standing left, holding helmet and sceptre; monogram and ΓΞΡ (date) to left; Countermarked by Demetrios II: palm fond within incuse rectangle. Reference: SC 1804a; HGC 9, 904; DCA 133. Tryphon made use of these angry soldiers and proclaimed Antiochos VI as king and raised the disaffected soldiers in revolt against Demetrios II. On his coin (and even the coins of Antiochos VI, see his drachms) he did a big Macedonian helmet to show is support and affection to these disaffected soldiers (wonderful propaganda ofcourse). This is how Tryphon managed to become so powerful with many followers.[/QUOTE]
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