Seleucid Empire AR tetradrachm c. 120 BC Kleopatra Thea and Antiochos VIII, Damascus, pedigree to 1962 VF

Kleopatra Thea and Antiochos VIII, Damascus mint, dated SE 192 (120-119 BC), struck circa 120 BC. Jugate busts right, Kleopatra wearing a veil and stephane, Antiochos wearing a diadem/Zeus Nikephoros seated left, monogram of ΛΥΡ to left, date BQP below. 30 mm, 14.33 g.

Kleopatra Thea was the daughter of Ptolemy VI and married to Alexander Balas, Demetrius II and Antiochos VII in turn; she is believed to have had both her second husband and his eldest son Seleukos murdered. For the last four years of her life, she ruled Syria, alongside her son Antiochos VIII, until she died during an abortive attempt to seize sole power, in which her son forced her to drink the poisoned wine she had prepared for him.

about very fine, portraits better, old collection tone, surface marks, small chip on obverse. Rare, especially with an old provenance.

SC 2267.2a

ex-Karl Kress auction 122, 30 May 1962, lot 494

 

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