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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Hellenistic Monarchies| > |Seleucid Kingdom| > GY96474
Seleukid Kingdom, Seleukos IV Philopater, 187 - 175 B.C.
|Seleucid| |Kingdom|, |Seleukid| |Kingdom,| |Seleukos| |IV| |Philopater,| |187| |-| |175| |B.C.|, Seleucus IV Philopator ruled Syria (then including Cilicia and Judea), Mesopotamia, Babylonia and Nearer Iran (Media and Persia). To help pay the heavy war-indemnity exacted by Rome, he sent his minister Heliodorus to Jerusalem to seize the Jewish temple treasury. On his return, Heliodorus assassinated Seleucus, and seized the throne for himself.
GY96474. Silver tetradrachm, Newell SMA 34, Houghton-Lorber II 1313(6)a, SNG Spaer 838, HGC 9 580e, VF, struck with high relief dies, areas rough from corrosion, bumps, marks, Antioch (Antakya, Turkey) mint, weight 15.890g, maximum diameter 28.3mm, die axis 0o, 187 - 175 B.C.; obverse diademed head of Seleucus IV right, fillet border; reverse Apollo seated left on omphalos, examining arrow in right hand, resting left hand on grounded bow behind, BAΣIΛEΩΣ (king) downward on right, ΣEΛEYKOY downward on left, wreath tied with ribbons and palm frond outer left, nothing in exergue; ex Leu Numismatik web auction 12 (31 May 2020), lot 2002 (part of); SOLD










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