Coin of Antiochos VIII Grypos & Sandon 121-96 BC
"Grypus, having thus recovered his father's throne, and being
freed from foreign perils, found his life endangered by a plot of his
own mother; who, after betraying, from desire of power, her husband
Demetrius, and putting to death her other son, was discontented at her
dignity being eclipsed by the victory of Grypus, and presented him with a
cup of poison as he was returning home from taking exercise. But
Grypus, having received notice of her treacherous intention, desired her
(as if to show as much respect for his mother as she showed for him) to
drink herself first, and, when she refused, pressed her earnestly, and
at last, producing his informant, charged her with the fact, telling
her, "that the only way left to clear herself from guilt, was, that she
should drink what she had offered to her son." The queen, being thus
disconcerted, and her wickedness turned upon herself, was killed with
the poison which she had prepared for another."
-Justinus: Epitome of Pompeius Trogus' Philippic Histories, Book 39.2
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| SELEUKID KINGDOM: Antiochos VIII Grypos, 121-96 BC, AR tetradrachm (15.92g), Tarsos mint, BMC-22, Cohen-1424, diademed head right, fillet border // Sandan standing right on horned lion between two omphaloi; all on a garlanded altar beneath a pyramidal baldacchino; monograms outer left, some porosity, VF, RR. From an old Collection, purchased by the collector in the 1960s with his tag. |
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