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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