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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Hellenistic Monarchies| > |Seleucid Kingdom| > SH85058
Seleukid Kingdom, Seleucus I Nikator, 312 - 280 B.C.
|Seleucid| |Kingdom|, |Seleukid| |Kingdom,| |Seleucus| |I| |Nikator,| |312| |-| |280| |B.C.|, Seleukos (Seleucus) founded the Seleukid Empire and the Seleukid dynasty which ruled Syria until Pompey made it a Roman province in 63 B.C. Seleukos was never one of Alexander the Great's principal generals but he commanded the royal bodyguard during the Indian campaign. In the division of the empire after Alexander's death Seleukos did not receive a satrapy. Instead, he served under the regent Perdikkas until the latter's murder in 321 or 320. Seleukos was then appointed satrap of Babylonia. Five years later Antigonus Monophthalmus (the One-eyed) forced him to flee, but he returned with support from Ptolemy. He later added Persia and Media to his territory and defeated both Antigonus and Lysimachus. He was succeeded by his son Antiochus I.
SH85058. Silver tetradrachm, Houghton-Lorber I 82(5)b, Price 3747, Müller 734, gVF, high relief, attractive style, some die wear, bumps and marks, Mesopotamia, Babylon I (Hillah, Iraq) mint, weight 17.129g, maximum diameter 27.2mm, die axis 135o, 311 - 300 B.C.; obverse head of Herakles right, wearing Nemean Lion skin, scalp over head, forepaws tied at neck; reverse Zeus on throne, right leg drawn back, eagle in right, long scepter in left hand, MI under throne, monogram in wreath in left field, AΛEΞANΔPOY (Alexander) downward on right, BAΣIΛEΩΣ (king) below; ex Gorny & Mosch auction 245, lot 1213; SOLD











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