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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Hellenistic Monarchies| > |Seleucid Kingdom| > GY93613
Seleukid Kingdom, Seleucus III, 226 - 223 B.C.
|Seleucid| |Kingdom|, |Seleukid| |Kingdom,| |Seleucus| |III,| |226| |-| |223| |B.C.|, Seleucus III Soter proved not to be the "Savior" that his official royal epithet advertised; nor did live up to his nickname Keraunos - "Thunder." He failed to reclaim western Asia Minor from his cousin, Attalus of Pergamum, and was assassinated after only a brief reign of only a few years.
GY93613. Bronze AE 16, Houghton-Lorber I 922(1)g, Newell WSM 1035, SNG Spaer 508, BMC Seleucid p. 23, 9 var. (M in exergue), HGC 9 421 (C-S), VF/F, near black patina with red earthen highlighting, centered on a tight flan cutting off part of inscription, some porosity, Antioch (Antakya, Turkey) mint, weight 3.539g, maximum diameter 15.7mm, die axis 0o, 226 - 223 B.C.; obverse bust of Artemis right, quiver at shoulder; reverse Apollo seated left on omphalos, examining arrow in right hand, resting left hand on grounded bow, BAΣIΛEΩΣ (king) downward on right, ΣEΛEYKOY downward on left, CE over Λ (primary control) outer left, KA (secondary control) in exergue; from the Errett Bishop Collection; SOLD











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