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
Coin of Demetrius II Nicator, Ptolemais in Phoenicia mint
Coin of Demetrius II. The reverse shows Zeus bearing Nike. The Greek inscription reads ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΘΕΟΥ ΝΙΚΑΤΟΡΟΣ, i.e. "of God King Demetrius, the Victor ". The date ΔΠΡ is year 184 of the Seleucid era, corresponding to 129–128 BC.
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
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
Demetrius II Nicator
…Ptolemy VIII reacted by finding another potential Seleucid royal claimant to undermine the obviously hostile Demetrius II. He found and sent a man named Alexander II Zabinas, the alleged illegitimate son of Alexander Balas, to fight a civil war against Demetrius, backed by the Ptolemies. The remainder of Demetrius' reign…
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