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36 KINGS OF SYRIA.
Metal
M
M
M
JE
JE
M
M
M
M
M M
M
Size
4
4
4
4
5i
4i
Weight
238-5
230-9
246-6
Another ; date S (year 200) ; in field I. mon. 147, under which an ear of com.
Another ; same mon., but date and symbol off the coin.
Another ; date S (year 200), mon., and symbol off the coin.
Another ; same date and mon., under which acrostolium ?
Diademate portrait of Antiochus IX. to r., with short beard ; on the diadem a palm
branch as countermark. B;. BASIARQS ANTIoXOY OIAonAToPoS. Bacchus
standing to I., in his extended right hand a cup, in his left hand, thyrsus ; in field
to I. above the cup I ; below it, 2 (year 207 1).
Winged bust of Eros? to r. B. Same legend ; Victory to I. presenting wreath ; in
field to I. two monograms.
Another ; with date 2 (year 200) at the feet of Victory, and mon. 73 in field to I.
Another ; date and mon. indistinct.
Helmeted head to r. B. BA2IAE[qS] ANTIoXoY [IA]onAToP[oS]. Prow to r.
SELEUCUS VI. (Epiphanes, Nicator),
Eldest son of Antiochus VIII., reigned b.c. 95.
Note.— It was not long before Seleucus VI. was opposed by Antiochus, son of Antiochus IX.
Cyzicenus, and in less than a year his reign was terminated by his defeat in a general action with
Antiochus, followed by the occupation of Antioch by the latter. Seleucus retreated to Mopsuestia in
Cilicia, where he perished soon afterwards in a sedition caused by his own exactions.
Diademate portrait of Seleucus VI. to r. B. BASIAEUS SEAEYKOY Eni*ANoY2
NIKAT0P02. Pallas Nicephorus standing to I. ; the Victory to r. presenting
her with a wreath ; in front of Pallas AAEAI* ; in field I. a sprig or branch ;
the letters ill-formed, and resembling those upon the Parthian coins.
ANTIOCHUS X. (Eusebes, PMlopator),
Son of Antiochus IX., began to reign n.c. 95.
Diademate youthful portrait of Antiochus X. to r. B. BA2IAEQ[2] ANTloXoY
EY2EBo[Y2] [*IA]onA[ToPo2]. Jupiter Nicephorus seated to I., the Victory
to r., and presenting her chaplet
to him ; the whole within a wreath, partially
visible. From the Rollin Collection.
Same diademate portrait to >*., with slight beard. B- Same legend ; caps of the
Dioscuri, with stars above and pendent fillets ; in field I., a mon.
Another. From the Pembroke Collection (1161).
Another ; not so well preserved.
ANTIOCHUS XI. {Epiphanes, Philadelphus),
Second son of Antiochus VIII., reigned b.o. 95.
Note.—He was defeated by Antiochus X., and drowned in the Orontes in the year
accession.
of his
Diademate portrait of Antiochus XI. to r. B. BA2IAEQ2 ANTIOXOY Eni*AN0Y2.
Jupiter Nicephorus seated to I., Victory to r. presenting to him her wreath ;
in field I. the letters p, E, A placed vertically. The whole within a wreath of
bay.
From the Thomas Collection (2684).