Description: Antiochos VII Euergetes (138 - 129 BC). Head of Eros right, wreathed with myrtle / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOΥ EΥEΡΓETOΥ; head-dress of Isis, apluster above, ςOΡ (year 176) beneath, ΔI monogram left.

Diameter: AE18 mm

Weight: 6,4 g

Grade: VF/VF

Attribution: SNG Spaer 1917, SGCV II 7098 var

Commentary: dark black-brown patina, great bust, reverse off-center

History: The title Euergetes ("Benefactor") traditionally relates to Antiochos' benevolent treatment of Jews ant their religion, but was really a very common title in the Seleukid and Ptolemaic kingdom.

Article Number: 022-01-05-41652