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Seleukid Kingdom, Antiochus II Theos, 261 - 246 B.C.
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.GB71666. Bronze AE 20, Houghton-Lorber 565(2)b, SNG Spaer 348A, Newell WSM 1312, HGC 9 254 (R2), SNG Cop 87 var. (no monogram), BMC Seleucid -; c/m: Houghton-Lorber -, aVF, oval flan, edge crack, light encrustation and corrosion, Tarsos (Tarsus, Mersin, Turkey) mint, weight 4.254g, maximum diameter 19.5mm, die axis 315o, 261 - 246 B.C.; obverse the Dioscuri galloping on horseback right, spears raised in right hands; reverse Athena Promachos standing right, brandishing javelin in right hand, shield in left hand, anchor with flukes left below, BAΣIΛΕΩΣ in upward line on left, ANTIOXOY in upward line on right, monogram (control) inner left, countermark: ΠA monogram in a square punch; rare; SOLD
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