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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cmezner, post: 5457201, member: 87809&quot;]According to Josephus, the Hasmonean king John Hyrcanus paid Antiochus VII a tribute of three thousand talents, directly from King David&#039;s sepulchre, in order to spare Jerusalem. The tribute must have worked, because Josephus also records that Antiochus treated the Jews very well, and they themselves bestowed the title &quot;Euergetes&quot; on him, meaning &quot;Benefactor.&quot; We don&#039;t really know what happened after that event, as Josephus goes silent, and the Book of Maccabees ends before Antiochus&#039; time. However, we do know that Hyrcanus refrained from attacking Seleucid-controlled areas during his rule, and that he even assisted Antiochus in his various campaigns.</p><p>Antiochus VII spent his final years trying to reclaim territories lost to Mithridates I and the Parthians. His Seleucid forces, including Judean mercenaries, were successfully initially, but ultimately defeated. Euergetes was either killed by his enemies, or committed suicide to avoid capture. The last important Seleucid king and last great Seleucid army had come to an end.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Seleucids were among the first to portray their reigning emperors on coins, long before the Romans took up this tradition.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is an example of the eagle reverse variety, also called a Shekel, and was produced specifically for commerce with the east. The version of the coin with Athena holding Nike on the reverse, was produced for dealings with the west (Greeks). </p><p><br /></p><p>Tetradrachm, Tyre mint. Dated SE 177 (136/5 BC)</p><p>26 mm, 13.282 g; </p><p>SC 2109.5a; HGC 9, Hoover 1074;</p><p><br /></p><p>Ob.: Diademed head of Antiochos VII right, border of dots</p><p>Rev.: ANTIOXOY Eagle standing to l. on prow; palm frond in background; to left, Tyre monogram A / PE above club; in r. field A ΣΥ ligate / ZOΡ (date); control mark between legs</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1237663[/ATTACH]</p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1237664[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This is the same issue as the one shared by Severus Alexander:</p><p>Antiochia on the Orontes, 138-129 BC</p><p>31 x 34 mm, 16.141 g</p><p>SC 2061.10; HGC 9, 1067;</p><p><br /></p><p>Ob.: Diademed head of Antiochos VII r. filleted border</p><p>Rev.: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY EΥEΡΓETOΥ Athena Nikephorus standing with spear, shield and holding Nike. ΔI monogram and A below, in inner right field O, all within laurel wreath</p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1237660[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1237662[/ATTACH]</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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