Seleukid Empire, Kleopatra Thea & Antiochos VIII
Ptolemaïs (Ake) mint
125-121 BCE. Struck ca 124 BCE
AR Tetradrachm 30mm, 16.46g, 12h
Jugate busts right of Cleopatra, wearing veil and stephane, and Antiochos VIII, wearing diadem / Z
eus Nikephoros seated left; monogram to outer left.
SC 2271.1; HGC 9, 1182g
The city has had numerous names of the years. While today it’s Acre, Israel, it was Akko during Egyptian times, then named Ake by the Greeks. The Lagids renamed it to Ptolemais, then the Seleukids renamed it to Antioch. Claudius briefly called it Germanica in Ptolemais, and in more modern times it finally became Acre. Settlements date back to 3000 BCE and eventually it became a Phoenician city.
200 BCE
Antiochos III conquers Ake
165 BCE
Judas Maccabee defeats the Seleukids and drives them into Ake
153 BCE
Ake seized by Alexander Balas
150 BCE
Alexander Balas receives Jonathan Maccabee in Ake