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Live auction - bgr_362933 - SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - SELEUKOS II KALLINIKOS Tétradrachme

SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - SELEUKOS II KALLINIKOS Tétradrachme MS/AU
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Estimate : 2 200 €
Price : 2 400 €
Maximum bid : 2 400 €
End of the sale : 29 September 2015 14:14:19
bidders : 3 bidders
Type : Tétradrachme
Date: c. 244-239 AC.
Mint name / Town : Antioche, Syrie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 28,5 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 16,92 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan très large, légèrement décentré au droit, mais parfaitement centré au revers. Beau portrait de style fin et racé à l’usure régulière. Joli revers bien frappé. Bel exemplaire recouvert d’une patine grise avec des reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la vente Freeman & Sear 15, n° 163 et de la collection François Charrin

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête diadémée de Séleucus II à droite ; grènetis circulaire perlé.

Reverse


Reverse description : Apollon, nu debout à gauche appuyé du coude gauche sur le trépied, tenant une flèche de la main droite ; dans le champ à gauche et à droite, un monogramme.
Reverse legend : BASILEWS/ SE-LEUKOU/ (Xu)/ (wR).
Reverse translation : (du roi Séleucus).

Commentary


Mêmes coins que l’exemplaire reproduit dans l’ouvrage d’A. Houghton (SC. pl. 33, n° 690). L’exemplaire présente au revers un coin légèrement rouillé avec des traces dans le coin.

Historical background


SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - SELEUKOS II KALLINIKOS

(246-226 BC)

Seleucus II, the eldest son of Antiochus II and Laodice, acceded to the throne the same year as Ptolemy III in 246 BC, coinciding with the start of the Third Syrian War. Peace between Lagides and Seleucids was signed that year. Seleucus II, beaten by his brother at Ancyra in 239 BC, began a campaign against the Parthians in 231, then died in 226 BC, victim of a fall from his horse after an insignificant reign of twenty years.

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