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Bronze AE 19, Houghton-Lorber II 2300(1)f, VF, 5.489g, 18.9mm, 0o, Antioch on the Orontes mint, 121 - 120 B.C.; obverse radiate and diademed head of Antiochos VIII right, one diadem end waving up behind, the other forward over shoulder; reverse BASILEWS ANTIOCOU / EPIFANOUS, eagle standing left on thunderbolt, lotus tipped scepter transverse under right wing, IE monogram left, date BϘP and murex (on right) in ex; attractive desert earthen highlighting on a dark green patina
Antiochus VIII Grypus (Hook-Nose) was crowned as a teenager, ruling jointly with his mother Cleopatra Thea. In 121 B.C., one day when he returned from a hunt, his mother offered him a cup of wine. Since this was not common behavior for her, Grypus was suspicious and forced her to drink the wine; poisoned, it killed her. Grypus fought a civil war with his brother that ended with his murder. >>
I paid $16.00 for this in the mid 1960s. The certification cost me more than the coin.
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<< <i>Seleucid Kingdom, Antiochus VIII Grypus, 125 - 96 B.C.
Bronze AE 19, Houghton-Lorber II 2300(1)f, VF, 5.489g, 18.9mm, 0o, Antioch on the Orontes mint, 121 - 120 B.C.; obverse radiate and diademed head of Antiochos VIII right, one diadem end waving up behind, the other forward over shoulder; reverse BASILEWS ANTIOCOU / EPIFANOUS, eagle standing left on thunderbolt, lotus tipped scepter transverse under right wing, IE monogram left, date BϘP and murex (on right) in ex; attractive desert earthen highlighting on a dark green patina
Antiochus VIII Grypus (Hook-Nose) was crowned as a teenager, ruling jointly with his mother Cleopatra Thea. In 121 B.C., one day when he returned from a hunt, his mother offered him a cup of wine. Since this was not common behavior for her, Grypus was suspicious and forced her to drink the wine; poisoned, it killed her. Grypus fought a civil war with his brother that ended with his murder. >>
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