Antiochus IX Cyzicenus (Seleucid king, 114-95 BC)

Mints

Antiochus IX Eusebes Philopator ("Pious, Father-loving"), nicknamed Cyzicenus ("the Cyzicene" after Cyzicus, a city in Asia Minor where he had been raised), was the seventeenth king of the Seleucid Empire, ruling between 114/3 and 95 BC. Although he managed to expel his half-brother, the reigning Antiochus VIII, in 114/3 BC, Antiochus IX gradually lost ground over the years that followed until he retained only a handful of cities in Cilicia, Phoenicia, and Coele Syria in 109 BC. When Antiochus VIII was assassinated in 96 BC, Antiochus IX siezed his former territory. In 95 BC, Seleucus VI, an avenging son of Antiochus VIII, invaded Syria and killed him.

Die Studies

Item	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	WeightCarter 1983 * Median weight * 20000 (*10 if gold or electrum)
H 306 - Syria (uncertain mint) (Antiochus IX), silver, tetradrachms (121-96 BCE)	Silver	5,425 kg
Syria (uncertain mint) (Antiochus IX), silver, tetradrachms (114-113 BCE)	Silver	6,380 kg
Tarsus (Antiochus IX), silver, tetradrachms (114-112 BCE)	Silver	1,928 kg
S 2030 - Ascalon (Antiochus IX), silver, tetradrachms (114-112 BCE)	Silver	77,648 kg
Ptolemais-Ake (Antiochus IX), silver, tetradrachms (113-106 BCE)	Silver	9,306 kg
S 2026 - Ptolemais-Ake (Antiochus IX), silver, tetradrachms (eagle) (113-106 BCE)	Silver	6,419 kg
Damascus (Antiochus VIII and Antiochus IX), silver, tetradrachms (102-99 BCE)	Silver	1,520 kg