SELEUKID, Antiochos IV. AE 14. serrate., Ake-Ptolemais mint.

Description: SELEUKID, Antiochos IV 175 - 165 or 164 B.C., Authentic Ancient Coin of: Seleukid Kingdom, Antiochus IV, 175 - 165 or 164 B.C., Ake-Ptolemais, Galilee In 167 B.C. Antiochus IV entered the Temple in Jerusalem, erected an altar to Zeus, and sacrificed a pig on it. That desecration triggered the Maccabean Revolt. The Festival of Hanukkah annually commemorates the Hasmonean victory and cleansing of the Temple. Accho or Ake was a a maritime city of Galilee (Acts 21:7). It was renamed Ptolemais under the rule of Ptolemy Soter. Today it is Acre, Israel.16150. Bronze AE 14, SNG Spaer 1109 (or similar, control symbols uncertain), Fair, 3.143g, 14.1mm, 0o, Galilee, Ake-Ptolemais mint, 175 - c. 168 B.C.; obverse laureate head of Apollo right, AB monogram behind, dot border; reverse BASILEWS ANTIOCOU, Apollo, seated left on omphalos, naked, examining arrow in right, grounded bow in left, aplustre outer left, control symbols in ex

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