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Seleukid Kingdom, Antiochus II Theos, 261 - 246 B.C., Sardes, Lydia
Antiochus II Theos was the son of Antiochus I and Princess Stratonice, the daughter of Demetrius Poliorcetes. He inherited a state of war with Egypt and while he was thus occupied, his satraps in Parthia and Bactria declared independence. To make peace with Egypt and to seal the treaty, Antiochus repudiated his wife Laodice I, exiled her to Ephesus, and married Ptolemy II's daughter Berenice. Antiochus later left Berenice and their infant son Antiochus, to live again with Laodice. Laodice poisoned him, had Berenice and her infant son murdered, and proclaimed her son Seleucus II as king.GB85167. Bronze AE 17, Houghton-Lorber I 524(3); HGC 9 253a, Houghton CSE 598 var. (controls), VF, dark patina with areas of exposed bronze, tight flan, light corrosion, Sardes (Sart, Turkey) mint, weight 3.136g, maximum diameter 17.4mm, die axis 0o, 4th series; obverse laureate head of Apollo right, wavy locks falling forward over shoulder and down back of neck; reverse tripod lebes,, BAΣIΛΕΩΣ downward on right, ANTIOXOY downward on left, ΔH monogram (control) outer left, oΔ monogram (control) outer right, anchor flukes right below; SOLD
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