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bgr_696601 - SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ANTIOCHUS II THEOS Demi-unité

SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ANTIOCHUS II THEOS Demi-unité AU
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Type : Demi-unité
Date: c. 275 AC.
Mint name / Town : Sardes, Lydie
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 4,72 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Bel exemplaire, centré des deux côtés. Très joli revers. Patine marron
Catalogue references :
ESM.- -  - B.- -  - WSM.- -  - BMC.- -  - CSE.- -  - HGCS. 9/253  - SC.522  - Spaer200

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée d’Apollon à droite, les cheveux longs tombant sur le cou.

Reverse

Reverse description : Trépied ; au-dessous, une ancre couchée ; deux monogrammes.
Reverse legend : BASILEWS/ ANTIOCOU/ .
Reverse translation : (du roi Antiochus).

Historical background

SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ANTIOCHUS II THEOS

(261-246 BC)

Antiochus II succeeded his father, Antiochus I (280-261 BC). Under his reign Parthia, Bactria and the kingdom of Pergamon were definitively lost. The struggle against the Egypt of Ptolemy II Philadelphus (285-246 BC) was continuous and the control of Syria and Cilicia was often questioned. Antiochus II possibly perishes assassinated.

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