Alexander II Zabinas
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Alexander II Theos Epiphanes Nikephoros was a Hellenistic-era Seleucid monarch who reigned as the King of Syria between 128 BC and 123 BC. His true parentage is debated; depending on which ancient his
Alexander II's portrait on the obverse of a tetradrachm
Tetrachalkon of Antiochus IV, possible grandfather of Alexander II
Tetradrachm of Antiochus VII, Alexander II's alleged adoptive father
Tetradrachm of Demetrius II, Alexander II's opponent
Demetrius II Nicator
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Demetrius II Nicator was one of the sons of Demetrius I Soter. His mother may have been Laodice V, as was the case with his brother Antiochus VII Sidetes. Demetrius ruled the Seleucid Empire for two p
Alexander II Zabinas
…was complicated by Ptolemaic Egyptian interference, which was facilitated by the dynastic marriages between the two royal houses. In 128 BC, King Demetrius II of Syria, the representative of Seleucus IV's line, invaded Egypt to help his mother-in-law Cleopatra II who was engaged in a civil war against her…
Coin of Demetrius II Nicator, Ptolemais in Phoenicia mint
Demetrius Nicator, King of Syria, Killed as He Attempts to Land at Tyre
Parthian conquest of Babylonia, the defeat of the Seleucid king Demetrius II Nicator by the Parthian ruler Mithradates I in 141 BCE. From Babylon, Iraq. British Museum