Recently, while reading John Whitehorne's _Cleopatras_ I came across the statement on p. 175 that upon his expulsion from Alexandria in 89 BC, Ptolemy X...
Good question. There is no ancient source that says this. The most detailed statement is in Eusebius, who says: In the 19th year, after a dispute with his...
Thanks Chris. I scanned most of the usual suspects that you list as well and came up empty. I was afraid that it might be a modern inference posing as fact....
Upon studying the coins of the kings of Kommagene on http://www.snible.org/coins/hn/syria.html#i, I noticed the following oddity: The last king, Antiochos IV...
Dear colleagues, You may find two new Babylonian chronicles of the Hellenistic Period on line: http://www.livius.org > ancient Mesopotamia. As you know it is a...
Dear Robert, Thank you for giving us the opportunity to preview your improved transliteration and translation of the two important Babylonian chronicles. I was...
G.R.F. Assar
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Dec 6, 2004 12:52 pm
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Greetings list-members. A half an year ago I ask you to help me fihd in Internet famous terrakota group with Antoichus Soter's war elephant and Galatian...
Robert mcSotskey
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Dec 6, 2004 2:43 pm
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The following is forwarded on behalf of John Whitehorne. Oliver D. Hoover...
Dear Professor Whitehorne -- ... <snip> ... By stating that I thought this view was a "Whitehorne original" I meant only what I said: that I found no mention...
Hi everybody, I would like to show you my webpage: http://nefer-seba.net/ The topics are both ancient history (mostly Greece and Rome) and Latin language. Let...
This statement by Dr. Michael Müller-Karpe amounts to a declaration of war. It is time for the collecting community to have a serious and intense discussion...
Dear Group I have some Obols from Persis for sale on my homepage, but I do not know the name of the rulers.Would be pleased if I could get some help from the...
Dear Colleagues, 1 - are we any closer to knowing who the real father of Alexander Balas was? 2 - are there any contemporary texts giving Alexander Balas as...
G.R.F. Assar
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Dec 13, 2004 4:29 am
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... Balas was? ... of ... No help here, alas. I just wanted to add another question: what happened to princess Laodike, his sister? Was she married off to some...
I was thinking of Nuclear Numismatics and Alexander's Anabasis. A [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
AHA95@...
Dec 17, 2004 5:01 pm
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... Balas was? ... of ... IG II(2) 2317 is a list of victors of the Panathenaia. According to Tracy & Habicht, Hesperia 61 (1990) 187 at 218, it was dated to...
Dear Chris, Thank you very much for the reference. All the best, G.R.F. Assar ====================...
G.R.F. Assar
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Dec 18, 2004 2:16 am
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Dear Fellow Members, Please forward all your future enquiries concerning Parthian coins to my private email address given below. All the best, G.R.F.Assar ...
G.R.F. Assar
grfa123@...
Dec 18, 2004 2:21 am
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Dear members I need your help with the following Seleukid? copper coin with a horse rider on reverse. The only legend I can see beneath the horse are B..SA.....
Hello Mr Oliver Hoover, I have 53 Selukid silver coins all tetradrakhma. My last is tetradrkhma Antiochus X writing on back bazileoz antioxoy eyzeboyz...
Dear Group I have some Drahms from The Governers of Saurashtra for sale. Please take a look on my homepage.www.jbjcoins.dk Yours John Jensen www.jbjcoins.dk...
Dear Mr Dougan, Historians are not sure whether Antiochus X met his downfall. The reports are contradictory: the interval 92-88 BC could be deduced from...
I have kindly been allowed to provide a section on the hellenistic age to the Iranchamber's website, which previously lacked this period. So now those...
Judging from the coins I have studied, there seems to be a distinct difference between the two branches of the Seleucids stemming from Demetrius II and...
Hello. I've been a lurker on the group, and have enjoyed it. I collect primarily Romans, though I like studying the history of the kingdoms after Alexander....
Dear Mr. Jackobson, I thank you for your note. I check my books but find no coin of Antiochus X for year 90 B.C. when you say Antiochus X coin finished. Have...
Dear Mr. Dogan, I quoted the year 90 BC from memory, and I have not found any evidence for this exact year. It seems to me that 90 BC has simply been chosen as...
Hello all: I need a picture of the portrait of Antiochus IV. Can someone send me please a good picture of one of his coins (gold will be the best), especially...
Yoav Farhi
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Jan 14, 2005 12:09 pm
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Dear Yoav, You can see portrait of Antiochus IV Epiphanes at the following excellent site on Seleukids (Maintained by Oliver D. Hoover): ...
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