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.
Apollo with long hair, falling on the nape of his neck
Apollo with long hair, falling on the nape of his neck
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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