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Seleukid Kingdom, Seleukos II Kallinikos, 246 - 226 B.C.
The Seleukid Empire was under attack by Egypt when Kallinikos (beautiful victor) assumed the throne. He lost much of Thrace and coastal Anatolia to Ptolemy III. While he was fighting, his mother made his younger brother Antiochos Hierax joint ruler. Kallinikos agreed to partition the empire; however, Hierax wanted it all and Hierax and his Galatian mercenaries defeated him. Kallinikos managed to retain the lands east of the Tauros. The War of the Brothers weakened the empire, permitting regions such as Parthia to secede. Anatolia was soon lost. Kallinikos died after a fall from his horse.GY96475. Silver tetradrachm, Houghton-Lorber I 763.2b-c; Houghton CSE 966; Newell ESM 201, BMC Seleucid p. 16, 3; HGC 9 303jj (R1), SNG Spaer -, F, well centered on a tight flan, rough, right monogram obscure, Seleukeia on the Tigris (south of Baghdad, Iraq) mint, weight 15.850g, maximum diameter 29.0mm, die axis 0o, 244- 240 B.C.; obverse diademed head right; reverse Apollo standing left, nude, examining arrow in right hand, leaning with left elbow on tall tripod lebes, BAΣIΛEΩΣ (king) downward on right, ΣEΛ-EYKOY, monograms in inner left and outer right; ex Leu Numismatik web auction 12 (31 May 2020), lot 2002 (part of); rare; SOLD
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