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Tristater - Demetrios I Soter
| Issuer | Seleucid Empire |
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| Year | 152 BC - 151 BC |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Demetrios I came to power in 162 BC not through dynastic succession but through a personal gamble — he escaped from Rome, where he had been held as a hostage since childhood, boarded a ship in secret, and landed in Syria to seize the throne from the regent Lysias. The gold tristater is among the rarest denominations struck in his name, issued in the final years of his reign before he was killed fighting the usurper Alexander Balas in 150 BC. By that point, Rome had already thrown its support behind Balas, leaving Demetrios politically isolated despite being the legitimate heir.