v20_0059 - SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ANTIOCHUS II THEOS Bronze ou unité, (PB, Æ 18)
MONNAIES 20 (2004)
Starting price : 150.00 €
Estimate : 252.00 €
Realised price : 150.00 €
Starting price : 150.00 €
Estimate : 252.00 €
Realised price : 150.00 €
Type : Bronze ou unité, (PB, Æ 18)
Date: c. 260-250 AC.
Mint name / Town : Lydie, Sardes
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 4,19 g.
Rarity : R1
Emission: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Flan large. Très beau portrait avec un style magnifique. Jolie patine vert olive foncé. Revers de toute beauté
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée d’Apollon à droite, les cheveux tombant sur la nuque avec de longues mèches.
Reverse
Reverse description : Trépied delphien ; au-dessous, une ancre couchée ; de chaque côté, un monogramme.
Reverse legend : BASILEWS/ ANTIOCOU/ QE
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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