Diversity in Numismatics
Cayman Islands


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Set Details
Coin Description:
Grade: NGC XF Strike: 3/5 Surface: 3/5
Owner: RAM-VT
 
Set Category: Other (Diverse collecting in the style of Garrett while on a very limited budget)
Set Name: Diversity in Numismatics
Slot Name: Cayman Islands
Research: Currently not available

Owner's Description

The Seleucid Kingdom Antiochus VII, 138-129 BC Tetradrachm: Sear #7091 Grade is XF, Strike 3/5, Surface 3/5 Census - NGC does not provide census info on ancient coins :>( Obv. The diad. hd. of Antiochus VII r.; fillet border. Rev. Athena stg. l., holding Nike, spear and shield; Greek text to l., r. and below Athena which this program does not reproduce. After Alexander III death his empire was for all practicle purposes divvied up amongst the generals he left as Satraps in the various areas he conquered. Seleucus, who had been "Commander-in-Chief of the camp" under Perdiccas since 323 BC but helped to assassinate him later, received Babylonia. Seleucus established himself in Babylon in 312 BC, used as the foundation date of the Seleucid Empire. Babylonia was an ancient cultural region in central-southern Mesopotamia (present-day Iraq), with Babylon as its capital. Either through military force or “depolmacy,” Seleucus acquired Mesopotamia, Armenia, 'Seleucid' Cappadocia, Persis, Parthia, Bactria, Arabia, Tapouria, Sogdia, Arachosia, Hyrcania, and other adjacent peoples that had been subdued by Alexander, as far as the river Indus, so that the boundaries of his empire were the most extensive in Asia after that of Alexander III. Antiochus VII ruled with cometence and integrity. He was the younger brother of Demetrios II, and following the latter's capture by the Parthians he siezed power and quickly disposed of the usurper Tryphon. He campaigned with success in Palestine and Babylonia, but in 129 BC he was killed in a battle against the Parthians. This coin is in my collection because I fell in love with its appearance. Simply I think it is a wonderful specimen. My cost was $154.

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