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bgr_935092 - SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ANTIOCHUS II THEOS Tétradrachme

SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ANTIOCHUS II THEOS Tétradrachme XF/VF
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Type : Tétradrachme
Date: 261-246 AC.
Mint name / Town : Suse, Susiane
Metal : silver
Diameter : 27,5 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 16,09 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Portrait agréable. Usure plus importante au revers. Patine grise
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête imberbe d'Héraklès à droite, coiffée de la léonté.

Reverse


Reverse description : Zeus aétophore trônant à gauche, les jambes parallèles sur un siège à dossier, tenant un aigle de la main droite et un sceptre long de la main gauche ; dans le champ à gauche un monogramme, un autre sous le trône.
Reverse legend : BASILEWS// SELEUKOU/ (SAI/ DRU)
Reverse translation : (du roi Séleucus).

Commentary


Tétradrachme postume au nom de Séleucus Ier (312/305-281 avant J.-C.) avec les jambes parallèles.
Posthumous tetradrachm in the name of Seleucus I (312/305-281 BC) with parallel legs

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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