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Dichalkon - Demetrios III
| Uitgever | Seleucid Empire |
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| Jaar | 97 BC - 87 BC |
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| Valuta | Drachm |
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| Beschrijving keerzijde | Nike, the winged goddess of victory, striding to the right in flowing drapery, her wings spread behind her. In her outstretched right hand she holds a wreath, while her left arm carries a long palm branch resting against her shoulder. The figure is rendered in the Hellenistic style with animated movement. The royal titulature in Greek characters surrounds the central type in a circular legend filling the field. |
| Schrift keerzijde | Greek |
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| Aanvullende informatie |
Demetrios III Eucaerus ("of the opportune moment") seized Damascus in 97 BC during the prolonged fratricidal collapse of Seleucid authority, carving out a kingdom from the wreckage of his father Antiochus VIII's realm. His reign is remarkable for one episode above all others: in 88 BC he intervened in Judaea at the invitation of Pharisee rebels, inflicting a catastrophic defeat on the Hasmonean king Alexander Jannaeus at Shechem. Yet the Jewish troops then switched sides, leaving Demetrios without enough support to press the advantage. He withdrew, and Jannaeus survived to rule another decade.
Demetrios was eventually captured by the Parthian king Mithridates II and died in comfortable captivity — the ignominious endpoint of a reign that came genuinely close to reshaping Levantine politics.