| Numismatica Ars Classica > Auction 149 | Auction date: 2 December 2024 |
| Lot number: 141 Price realized: 4,000 CHF (Approx. 4,506 USD / 4,304 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: Antiochus, son of Seleucus IV, 175 Tetradrachm, Antiochia on the Orontes circa 175, AR 30 mm, 17.03 g. Diademed head of child Antiochus r. Fillet border. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ – ANTI – OXOY Apollo seated l. on omphalos, testing arrow in r. hand and resting l. arm on grounded bow; in outer l. field, tripod and in exergue, monogram. SMA 46. Le Rider, Antioche 9-18. SC 1369b. Very rare. A gentle portrait of fine style struck in high relief, light iridescent tone and good very fine Ex Stephen Album Rare coins sale 47, 2023, 13. In an attempt to gain power for himself, Heliodorus, a leading official at the court of Seleucus IV, murdered his master and placed the dead king's infant son Antiochus on the throne on 3 September 175 BC. The regency was given to the young king's mother, Laodice IV, but real authority rested in the hands of Heliodorus. This arrangement was extremely brief as Seleucus' brother Antiochus IV Epiphanes arrived in October with Attalid military support and drove out Heliodorus. Rather than risk potential civil war, Antiochus IV adopted his nephew and probably married Laodice IV in October/November 175 BC, thereby ending the short independent reign of Seleucus' son and bloodlessly assuming the kingship. Nevertheless, in 170 BC, as he was about to embark on his first invasion of Ptolemaic Egypt, Antiochus IV ordered the death of his adopted nephew. Estimate: 1250 CHF |  |
