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bgr_1035137 - SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ANTIOCHUS II THEOS Tétradrachme

SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ANTIOCHUS II THEOS Tétradrachme AU
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Type : Tétradrachme
Date: c. 255-246 AC.
Mint name / Town : Babylonie, Séleucie du Tigre
Metal : silver
Diameter : 28,5 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 16,98 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Superbe monnaie, centrée des deux côtés. Très beau portrait d’Antiochus Ier, bien venu à la frappe. Joli revers de style fin. Belle patine grise avec des reflets dorés et bleutés

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête diadémée d’Antiochus Ier, à droite.

Reverse


Reverse description : Apollon nu assis à gauche sur l'omphalos, tenant de la main droite une flèche et appuyé sur son arc de la gauche ; de chaque côté, un monogramme.
Reverse legend : BASILEWS// ANTIOCOU/ (MAUR)/ (PAW)
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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