Live auction - bgr_372369 - SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - SELEUKOS II KALLINIKOS Unité
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| Estimate : | 750 € |
| Price : | 450 € |
| Maximum bid : | 600 € |
| End of the sale : | 15 December 2015 14:19:17 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Unité
Date: c. 246-244 AC.
Mint name / Town : Sardes, Lydie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 23,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 8,57 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire de qualité exceptionnelle pour ce type sur un flan parfaitement centré des deux côtés. Très belle tête d’Athéna au droit. Revers de style fin. Très belle patine vert olive profond
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient du stock de CNG en 2007 et de la collection François Charrin
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête d’Athéna à droite coiffée du casque attique à et à visière, les cheveux tombant en mèches sur le cou.
Reverse
Reverse description : Apollon nu debout à gauche, tenant une flèche de la main droite coupant la légende et s’appuyant de la gauche sur son arc retourné.
Reverse legend : BASILEWS/ SEL-EUKOU
Reverse translation : (du roi Séleucus).
Commentary
Ce type est normalement frappé à Sardes avant la révolte d’Antiochus Hierax en 245-244 avant J.-C. Il semble plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux.
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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