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bgr_759420 - SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ANTIOCHUS II THEOS Tétradrachme

SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ANTIOCHUS II THEOS Tétradrachme VF
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Type : Tétradrachme
Date: c. 246-244 AC.
Mint name / Town : Séleucie et Piérie, Antioche (Antiochia ad Orontem)
Metal : silver
Diameter : 28,5 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 16,48 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire centré à l’usure importante mais régulière. Joli portrait. Patine grise avec des reflets bleutés
Catalogue references :

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 .
Reverse legend : BASILEWS// ANTIOCOU.
Reverse translation : (du roi Antiochus).

Commentary


Monnaie frappée après la mort d’Antiochus II.

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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