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Ancient Greece, Seleucid Kingdom, Cleopatra I and Antiochos VIII, Tetradrachm, Ake-Ptolemais (Acre), 126–120 BC, SC 2271.1, Boston MFA 2182, HGC 9, Hoover 1182g 15.89 g - rich old-cabinet toning
The conjoined portraits on the obverse show Cleopatra Thea (“the Godess”) with her son Antiochos Gryphos (“hook-nose”) who jointly ruled Syria following the death of Demetrius II. In 121 BC Antiochos had her mother poisened to obtain sole rulership.
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