Antiochus XII Dionysus
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Antiochus XII Dionysus Epiphanes Philopator Callinicus was a Hellenistic Seleucid monarch who reigned as King of Syria between 87 and 82 BC. The youngest son of King Antiochus VIII, he took the throne
Antiochus XII's portrait on the obverse of a tetradrachm, wearing the royal diadem
Coin of Antiochus VIII, father of Antiochus XII
Tetradrachm of Antiochus XII depicting the Semitic deity Hadad on the reverse
A coin of Antiochus XII with Zeus depicted on the reverse
Antiochus XIII Asiaticus
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Antiochus XIII Philadelphus, known as Asiaticus, was the penultimate ruler of the Seleucid kingdom.
Antiochus XII Dionysus
…second campaign against the Nabateans at the Battle of Cana in 82 BC. The Syrian throne was claimed by the queen dowager Cleopatra Selene and her son Antiochus XIII, while Damascus was captured by the forces of the Nabatean king Aretas III. Antiochus, Greek for "resolute in contention", was a dynastic name borne…
Tetradrachm of Antiochos XIII, with Zeus Nikephoros on the reverse, minted at Antioch.
Coin of Cleopatra Selene (front) and Antiochus XIII