Head, Barclay V.: Historia numorum: a manual of Greek numismatics (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1887)

THE SELEU CID KINGS.

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TIOXOY, or BAZIAIZZHZ KAEOT7ATPAZ OEAZ KAI BAZIAEGZ
ANTIOXOY.
(a) Silver. Tetradrachms of the Phoenician standard.
Heads jugate of Cleopatra and Anti- i Ptolemaic eagle. Mint uncertain,
ochus. (B. M. Cat., Pl. XXIII. 2.) |
(/3) Silver. Tetradrachms of the Attic standard.
Heads jugate of Cleopatra and Anti- I Zeus Nikephoros enthroned. Mints —
ochus. (B. M. Cat., Pl. XXIII. 3.) 1 Sidon, etc.
(y) Bronze with both portraits, with that of Antiochus alone or without por-
traits. Reverse types, various. (B. M. Cat., Pl. XXIII. 4 sqq.)

Antiochus VIII (Grypus) alone, B.C. 121-96. ANTIOXOY BA-
ZIAEGZ or BAZIAEGZ ANTIOXOY ETTITANOYZ.
(a) Silver. Tetradrachms of the Phoenician standard; rev., Ptolemaic eagle.
Mint—Ascalon. (B. M. Cat., Pl. XXIII. 8.)
(0) Silver. Tetradrachms of the Attic standard; rev. Zeus standing, facing,
holding star and sceptre, and with crescent above his head. (B. M. Cat.,
Pl. XXIV. 1.) Mints—Sidon, etc. Also Pallas Nikephoros standing;
Altar of Sandan. Mint—Tarsus. -J Dr. Rev. Nike.
(y) Silver. Tetradrachms of the Attic standard, with older portrait, and
extremely hooked nose (whence his nickname, Grypus); rev. Zeus
Nikephoros enthroned (Fig. 344) (4 Dr.); Tripod (Dr.) ; Nike Q Dr.).
(8) Bronze, with or without portrait; rev. Eagle, Fulmen, or Apollo. (B. M.
Cat., Pl. XXIV. 4-6.)

Fig. 344.


Antiochus IX (Cyzicenus), b.c. 116-95, son of Antiochus VII and
Cleopatra, divided the kingdom with his half brother Grypus, taking
as his share Coele-Syria and Phoenicia. Inscr., ANTIOXOY BAZIAEI1Z,
or BAZIAEGZ ANTIOXOY <DIAOTIATOPOZ.
(a) Silver. Tetradrachms and didraclims of the Phoenician standard; rev.
Ptolemaic eagle. Mints-—Sidon, Ascalon, etc. (B. M. Cat., Pl.
XXIV. 7.)