ANTIOCHOS IX Kyzikenos 113BC Seleukid Thunderbolt Ancient Greek Coin i53556

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Authentic Ancient 
Greek Coin of:


Seleukid Kindom
Antiochos IX Kyzikenos – King: 
113-96 B.C. –
Bronze 20mm (5.96 grams)
Antioch on the Orontes mint, 113/112 B.C.
Reference: HGC 9, 1248; Sear 7170; SC 2364
Bearded and diademed head of Antiochos IX right.
Winged thunderbolt; above, ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ; beneath, ΦΙΛΟΠΑΤOΡΟΣ; in field 
to left, ΠY monogram, aplustre and Seleukid date ΘPP (199=113 B.C.)

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Authenticity. 
 

Antiochos 
IX Kyzikenos
, ruler of the
Greek
Seleucid kingdom
, was the son of
Antiochus VII Sidetes
and
Cleopatra Thea
. Upon the death of his father in
Parthia
and his uncle
Demetrius II Nicator’s
return to power (129 
BC), his mother sent him to
Cyzicus
on the
Bosporus
, thus giving him his nickname. He 
returned to the Seleukid Kingdom in 116 BC to claim the
Seleucid
throne from half-brother/cousin
Antiochus VIII Grypus
, with whom he eventually 
divided the kingdom. He was killed in battle by the son of Grypus,
Seleucus VI Epiphanes
in 96 BC.


 Seleucid 
Empire
Σελεύκεια
Seleúkeia
 
 
312 BC-63 BC
The Seleucid Empire in 301 BC.

The Seleucid Empire  
was a
Hellenistic
state ruled by the Seleucid dynasty 
founded by
Seleucus I Nicator
following the division of 
the empire created by
Alexander the Great
. Seleucus received
Babylonia
and, from there, expanded his 
dominions to include much of Alexander’s
near eastern
territories. At the height of its 
power, it included central
Anatolia
, the
Levant
,
Mesopotamia
,
Kuwait
,
Persia
,
Afghanistan
,
Turkmenistan
, and northwest parts of
India
.

The Seleucid Empire was a major center of
Hellenistic
culture that maintained the 
preeminence of
Greek
customs where a Greek-Macedonian 
political elite dominated, mostly in the urban areas. The Greek population of 
the cities who formed the dominant elite were reinforced by emigration from
Greece
. Seleucid expansion into
Anatolia
and Greece was abruptly halted after
decisive defeats
at the hands of the
Roman army
. Their attempts to defeat their old 
enemy
Ptolemaic Egypt
were frustrated by Roman 
demands. Much of the eastern part of the empire was conquered by the
Parthians
under
Mithridates I of Parthia
in the mid-2nd century 
BC, yet the Seleucid kings continued to rule a
rump state
from
the Seleukid Kingdom
until the invasion by
Armenian
king
Tigranes the Great
and their ultimate overthrow 
by the Roman
general
Pompey
.


    
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