bgr_1175225 - SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - SELEUKOS II KALLINIKOS Tétradrachme
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Type : Tétradrachme
Date: c. 240-230 AC.
Mint name / Town : Babylonie, Séleucie du Tigre
Metal : silver
Diameter : 30 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 16,98 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Joli portrait de Séleucus II. Usure importante mais régulière. Patine grise
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête diadémée de Séleucus II à droite ; grènetis circulaire.
Reverse
Reverse description : Apollon, nu debout à gauche appuyé sur un trépied, tenant une flèche de la main droite ; de chaque côté, un monogramme.
Reverse legend : BASILEWS/ SEL-EUKOU/ (MATR) - (MUI)
Reverse translation : (du roi Séleucus).
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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