| Nomos AG > obolos 30 | Auction date: 17 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 443 Price realized: 40 CHF (Approx. 46 USD / 42 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: KINGS OF COMMAGENE. Antiochos IV Epiphanes, AD 38-40 and 41-72. Oktachalkon (Bronze, 27 mm, 11.74 g, 12 h), late series with bevelled edge, Samosata, circa 54-65. ΒΑΣΙΛEYΣ M-EΓ ANTIO-XOΣ EΠI Diademed and draped bust of Antiochos IV to right. Rev. KOMMAΓ-HNΩN around scorpion; all within laurel wreath. ACV -. BMC 1-3. Kovacs 254. RPC I 3854. Two-toned brown patina. Very fine. Antiochos IV Epiphanes was the last of the Orontid kings of Commagene. He did not inherit his kingdom until twenty years after the death of his father, Antiochos III. In the period between the death of his father and his accession, he lived in Rome and became a Roman citizen, his patron being Antonia Minor, the youngest daughter of Mark Antony and the niece of Augustus. After his accession, he reigned along with his sister-queen, Iotape, for thiry-four years before his kingdom was abolished (allegedly because he had conspired with the Parthians against Rome), when he retired to Rome. Starting price: 25 CHF |  |
