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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pavlos, post: 4562901, member: 96635&quot;]Nice didrachm, I still need to get a proper Ptolemy, I only have one bronze coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>The component Ptolemy VI fought against at Antioch in 145 BC.</p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/Ajnj7YX.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>Alexander I (Balas). 152/1-145 BC. AR Drachm. Antioch mint. Undated issue ca. 149/8-148/7 BC (SE <b>164/5)</b>.</b></p><p><b>Obverse:</b> Diademed and draped bust of Alexander Balas right.</p><p><b>Reverse:</b> BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛEΞANΔPOY ΘEOΠATOPOΣ EYEPΓETOY (“of King Alexander, Son of a Divine Father and Benefactor”). Apollo seated left on omphalos, testing arrow and resting hand on grounded bow; monogram in exergue.</p><p><b>Reference:</b> SC 1785.5b; HGC 9, 887a.</p><p>4.12g; 19mm </p><p><br /></p><p>And the king Ptolemy VI fought together with:</p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/ePEObta.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>Demetrios II Nikator (146 - 138 B.C.) First Reign. AR Drachm. Antioch mint. Undated issue, ca. 146-144 B.C.</b></p><p><b><b>Obverse:</b> </b>Diademed head of the youthful Demetrios II to right.</p><p><b><b>Reverse:</b> </b>ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΘΕΟΥ ΦΙΛΑΔΕΙΛΦΟΥ ΝΙΚΑΤΟΡΟΣ (“of King Demetrios, God loving one’s brother, the Victorious”). Apollo, nude, seated left on omphalos; holding arrow in his right hand and resting his left on his bow; to left, monogram; monogram between Apollo&#039;s leg.</p><p><b>Reference: </b>SC 1908.3</p><p>3,99g; 17mm[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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