Antiochus V Eupator (Seleucid king, 164-162 BC)

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Antiochus V Eupator ("Nobly-fathered") was the tenth king of the Seleucid Empire who ruled from 164 to 162 BC. Upon the death of Antiochus IV, his nine-year-old son, Antiochus V, was proclaimed king by the regent Lysias. In 164 BC, a struggle over the regency developed after the dying Antiochus IV named Philip, one of his Friends, as the regent for Antiochus V. Although Philip managed to take Antioch, he was killed by Lysias before he could take possession of the boy king. War almost broke out between Rome and Antiochus V in 162 BC, when a Roman legate charged with destroying the Seleucid fleet and its elephant corps was murdered. The situation was defused later tht year by the arrival of Demetrius I, a son of Seleucus IV, who captured Antiochus V and Lysias and ordered their deaths.

Die Studies

Item	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	WeightCarter 1983 * Median weight * 20000 (*10 if gold or electrum)
Ptolemais-Ake (Antiochus V), silver, tetradrachms (165-164 BCE)	Silver	329 kg
S 1408 - Ecbatana (Antiochus V), silver, tetradrachms (164-162 BCE)	Silver	40,001 kg
Ptolemais-Ake (Antiochus V), silver, tetradrachms (Zeus) (164-162 BCE)	Silver	424 kg
Ptolemais-Ake (Antiochus V), silver, tetradrachms (Apollo) (164-162 BCE)	Silver	930 kg
S 1409 - Ecbatana (Antiochus V), silver, drachms (164-162 BCE)	Silver	1,217 kg