v49_0288 - SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ANTIOCHUS II THEOS Chalque, (PB, Æ 19)
MONNAIES 49 (2011)
Starting price : 125.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
Realised price : 125.00 €
Starting price : 125.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
Realised price : 125.00 €
Type : Chalque, (PB, Æ 19)
Date: c. 261-246 AC.
Mint name / Town : Lydie, Sardes
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 4,07 g.
Rarity : R1
Emission: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale, bien centré, un peu court. Très beau portrait d’Apollon. Très joli revers de syle fin. Magnifique patine vert olive foncé lissée
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient du stock CGB (1992)
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée d’Antiochus sous les traits d’Apollon, les cheveux longs tombant sur la nuque.
Reverse
Reverse description : Trépied delphien ; au-dessous, une ancre couchée à droite.
Reverse legend : BASILEW[S]// ANTI-OCOU
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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