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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 4589154, member: 99456&quot;]A beautiful tetradrachm!&nbsp; Here is a certain sign of my addiction: a silver (drachm) from Alexander I Theopater Euergetes Balas, who defeated and took the crown from Demetrius I Soter in 150 BC.&nbsp; Son of Antiochus IV or a man from Smyrna of humble origins supported by Attalus II of Pergamon? Ptolemaic puppet controlled by Cleopatra Thea?&nbsp; Either way - Demetrios II (son of Demetrios I) took the family throne back in 145.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1136374[/ATTACH]</p><p>Seleukid Kingdom, <b>Alexander I Balas</b>, 152-145 BC, Drachm</p><p><b>Obv: </b>Diademed head of Alexander I to right</p><p><b>Rev:</b> ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ - ΘΕΟΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ / ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding arrow in his right hand and resting his right on his bow; monogram in exergue</p><p><b>Ref: </b>mint Seleucia on Tigris SC II 1859[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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