bgr_887841 - SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - SELEUKOS II KALLINIKOS Unité
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Type : Unité
Date: c. 246-241 AC.
Mint name / Town : Sardes, Lydie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18,50 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 4,33 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Joli portrait d’Héraklès ainsi qu’un revers agréable. Fine usure régulière. Patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête imberbe d’Héraklès (Hercule) à droite, coiffé de la léonté.
Reverse
Reverse description : Apollon nu assis à gauche sur l’omphalos, s’appuyant de la main droite sur son arc et tenant de la main gauche une flèche coupant la légende.
Reverse legend : BASILEWS/ SELEU-KOU/ H
Reverse translation : (du roi Séleucus).
Commentary
Dénomination C. Séleucus II hérita du système monétaire de son père Antiochus II. Nous semblons avoir des unités, des demi-unités et des quarts (B, C et D).
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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