bgr_244749 - SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ANTIOCHUS II THEOS Chalque
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Item sold on our e-shop (2011)
Price : 75.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2011)
Price : 75.00 €
Type : Chalque
Date: c. 261-246 AC.
Mint name / Town : Lydie, Sardes
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 14 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 4,25 g.
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un tout petit flan étroit, court sur la légende. Beau portrait d’Apollon. Usure régulière au revers sur un flan court. Belle patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée d’Antiochus sous les traits d’Apollon, les cheveux longs.
Reverse
Reverse description : Trépied delphien ; de chaque côté.
Reverse legend : BASILEW[S]// ANTI-OCOU
Commentary
Apollon avec les cheveux longs, tombant sur la nuque.
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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