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<p>[QUOTE="Magnus Maximus, post: 4959549, member: 73473"]Very good write up!</p><p>Antiochus IV’s early demise really doomed the Seleucids in the long run. I’m currently finishing up reading about Demetrius II, and I can feel my brain melting from the sheer incompetence of the later Seleucids.</p><p><br /></p><p>Relevant coins to your post:</p><p><br /></p><p>Seleucus IV </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1192222[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Seleucus IV AR tetradrachm. 187-175 BC. Antioch mint. 17.1 g. Diademed head right. / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΣEΛEYKOY, Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding bow and arrow. Filleted palm branch.</p><p><br /></p><p>Antiochus IV</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1192224[/ATTACH]</p><p>Seleucid Kings, Antiochus IV Epiphanes, 175-164 Antiochia Tetradrachm circa 168-164, AR 32 mm. 16.2 gm. Obv: Diademed head r. Rev: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY ΘEOY EΠIΦANOYΣ NIKEΦOPOY, Zeus Nikephoros seated l.; monogram to outer l. SC 1400. Attractive find patina.</p><p><br /></p><p>Demetrius I </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1192226[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1192227[/ATTACH] </p><p>Demetrius I Soter AR Tetradrachm</p><p>Diademed head right, within wreath</p><p>BASILEWS DHMHTRIOU, Tyche holding scepter and cornucopia, seated left on throne supported by tritoness, monogram to outer left SC 1634</p><p>Antioch mint</p><p>161-150 BCE</p><p>Diameter 32 mm.</p><p>16.1 grams</p><p>Ex Stephen Glover Collection and ValiantKnight collection.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Magnus Maximus, post: 4959549, member: 73473"]Very good write up! Antiochus IV’s early demise really doomed the Seleucids in the long run. I’m currently finishing up reading about Demetrius II, and I can feel my brain melting from the sheer incompetence of the later Seleucids. Relevant coins to your post: Seleucus IV [ATTACH=full]1192222[/ATTACH] Seleucus IV AR tetradrachm. 187-175 BC. Antioch mint. 17.1 g. Diademed head right. / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΣEΛEYKOY, Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding bow and arrow. Filleted palm branch. Antiochus IV [ATTACH=full]1192224[/ATTACH] Seleucid Kings, Antiochus IV Epiphanes, 175-164 Antiochia Tetradrachm circa 168-164, AR 32 mm. 16.2 gm. Obv: Diademed head r. Rev: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY ΘEOY EΠIΦANOYΣ NIKEΦOPOY, Zeus Nikephoros seated l.; monogram to outer l. SC 1400. Attractive find patina. Demetrius I [ATTACH=full]1192226[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1192227[/ATTACH] Demetrius I Soter AR Tetradrachm Diademed head right, within wreath BASILEWS DHMHTRIOU, Tyche holding scepter and cornucopia, seated left on throne supported by tritoness, monogram to outer left SC 1634 Antioch mint 161-150 BCE Diameter 32 mm. 16.1 grams Ex Stephen Glover Collection and ValiantKnight collection.[/QUOTE]
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