Live auction - bgr_937080 - SYRIA - SELEUKIS AND PIERIA - SELEUKEIA Tétradrachme stéphanophore
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| Estimate : | 800 € |
| Price : | no bid |
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| End of the sale : | 24 September 2024 14:28:58 |
Type : Tétradrachme stéphanophore
Date: an 12
Mint name / Town : Séleucie, Syrie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 28 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 14,72 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Flan large, centré des deux côtés. Très beau revers, bien venu à la frappe. Joli buste. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Buste de Tyché à droite, tourelé, voilé et drapé ; le tout entouré de la stemma.
Reverse
Reverse description : Foudre posé sur un trône avec une bandelette de chaque côté ; le tout dans une couronne.
Reverse legend : SELEUKEWN/ THS IERAS// KAI/ AUTONOMOU/ I/ (DI).
Reverse translation : (de Séleucie, la sainte et autonome).
Historical background
SYRIA - SELEUKIS AND PIERIA - SELEUKEIA
(2nd - 1st century BC)
Seleucia, at the foot of Mount Pieria, was founded by Seleucus I in 300 BC just before Antioch and forms one of the cities of the Tetrapolis (Antioch, Apamea, Laodicea and Seleucia). The city was fortified and had port infrastructures which made it the outer port of Antioch, the metropolis of Syria. Seleucia was occupied by the Lagides between 246 and 219 BC. Antiochus VIII Grypus granted it autonomy in 109 BC. The city was besieged by Tigranes of Armenia during his invasion of Syria. Its status was maintained by Pompey when Syria became a Roman province in 64 BC..
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