bgr_793604 - SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ANTIOCHUS II THEOS Tétradrachme
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Type : Tétradrachme
Date: c. 261-246 AC.
Mint name / Town : Séleucie et Piérie, Antioche (Antiochia ad Orontem)
Metal : silver
Diameter : 28 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 17,04 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie idéalement centrée. Très beau portrait d’Antiochus, de haut relief. Joli revers. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête diadémée d’Antiochus II, 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 // LE /(OD)
Reverse translation : (du roi Antiochus).
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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