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Tetradrachm - Alexander I Balas Berytos in Phoenicia
| Uitgever | Seleucid Empire |
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| Jaar | 150 BC |
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| Gewicht | 14.12 g |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Diademed head of Alexander I Balas facing right, rendered in the Hellenistic portrait tradition with idealized features and finely detailed curling hair. A broad diadem is tied around the head with ends visible behind the neck. The portrait is set within a plain border of raised dots (dotted border). The field is otherwise unadorned, with the effigy dominating the flan. The engraving displays the refined workmanship characteristic of Seleucid royal coinage of the mid-second century BC. |
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| Muntplaats | Berytos |
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| Aanvullende informatie |
Alexander I Balas seized the Seleucid throne in 150 BC by claiming to be the son of Antiochus IV Epiphanes — a claim almost certainly fabricated, though Rome, Egypt, and Pergamon all backed him anyway, finding a malleable pretender more useful than the legitimate Demetrius I. His reign, issued from the Phoenician mint at Berytos, lasted only until 145 BC when Demetrius II, backed by Ptolemy VI, ousted him. Berytos struck relatively few Seleucid tetradrachms in the broader series, making the Sawaya reference range of nos. 12–31 a tight die study — fewer than twenty documented specimens span that sequence.