bgr_897806 - SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - SELEUKOS II KALLINIKOS Unité
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Type : Unité
Date: c. 244-225 AC
Mint name / Town : Atelier secondaire (Antioche), Syrie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 14,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,83 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Joli revers. Usure régulière. Patine vert foncé
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête diadémée de Séleucus II à droite.
Reverse
Reverse description : Cheval libre au pas à gauche.
Reverse legend : [BASILEWS]/ SELEUKOU/ (DEA).
Reverse translation : (du roi Séleucus).
Commentary
un des rares bronzes présentant au droit l’effigie de Séleucus II..
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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