bgr_959357 - SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - SELEUKOS I NIKATOR Chalque
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Type : Chalque
Date: c. 282-281 AC.
Mint name / Town : Antioche, Syrie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 5,90 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Joli portrait. Usure plus marquée au revers. Patine foncée
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête de Méduse ailée à droite ornée de serpents.
Reverse
Reverse description : Taureau chargeant à droite ; deux lettres entre les pattes arrières du taureau.
Reverse legend : BASILEWS/ SELEUKOU/ X
Reverse translation : (du roi Séleucus).
Commentary
Ce type n’est pas repris en tant que tel dans l’ouvrage de Hoover (HGCS. 9/) seulement pour la plus grande dénomination.
Historical background
SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - SELEUKOS I NIKATOR
(323-280 BC)
Coinage in the name of Seleucos type - King
Seleucus I (355-280 BC), one of Alexander's lieutenants, arrived in 323 BC in Babylon. He became a satrap in 321 BC, but was dispossessed of it by Eumenes in 316 BC. He only recovered his territories after the victory of Gaza in 312 BC, won by Ptolemy on Demetrius Poliorcetes. He fights against Antigone le Borgne (310-308 BC) and also leads a great conquest that takes him to India. After 306 BC, he took the title of Basileos and opposed Cassander and Lysimachus who disputed Asia Minor with him. After the death of Antigone at Ipsos in 301 BC, he is the most powerful diadoque with Ptolemy. He won the victory of Couroupédion in 281 BC where his old enemy was killed. He was assassinated the following year at the instigation of Ptolemy Keraunos as he prepared to invade Thrace and Macedonia. Ultimate survivor of the Diadochi, he leaves the Empire of Alexander in the hands of the Epigoni.
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