bgr_722788 - SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - SELEUKOS II KALLINIKOS Unité
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Type : Unité
Date: c. 244 AC.
Mint name / Town : Antioche Syrie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 7,60 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Joli portrait. Usure régulière au revers. Patine foncée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête d’Athéna à droite coiffée du casque corinthien à cimier.
Reverse
Reverse description : Niké drapée debout à gauche, tenant une palme de la main gauche et couronnant de la main droite le nom du roi ; devant une ancre renversée.
Reverse legend : BASILEWS/ SELEUKOU
Reverse translation : (du roi Séleucus).
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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