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778320. Sold For $1450

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos XIII Philadelphos (Asiaticus). First or Second reign, 69/8-67 and 65/4 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 15.56 g, 12h). Antioch mint. Diademed head right / Zeus Nikephoros seated left; monogram to inner left, P below throne; all within wreath. SNG Spaer 2919 var. (same obverse die; no P on reverse); SMA 461. VF, toned. Well struck for issue. Rare ruler.


From the Richard Winokur Collection.

Antiochos XIII was the last of the great line of Seleukid kings. He spent his youth in Asia and Rome, and following the withdrawal of Tigranes II from Syria the Romans placed him on the Seleukid throne. His reign was very turbulent, and in 64 BC he was ousted by Pompey and Syria was annexed as a Roman province.