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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Hellenistic Monarchies| > |Seleucid Kingdom| > GY96478
Seleukid Kingdom, Antiochus Hierax (the Hawk), c. 242 - 227 B.C.
|Seleucid| |Kingdom|, |Seleukid| |Kingdom,| |Antiochus| |Hierax| |(the| |Hawk),| |c.| |242| |-| |227| |B.C.|, Antiochus Hierax (the Hawk) was Viceroy in Asia Minor for his brother from about 245 to about 242 B.C. Around 242 B.C. he rebelled and declared his area a separate kingdom. Hierax formed alliances and retained his independence but in 227 B.C. he attempted to take control of the rest of the Seleukid Kingdom. He was defeated, forced to flee and killed.
GY96478. Silver tetradrachm, Houghton-Lorber I 898(3), Newell WSM 1430, SNG Spaer -, VF, excellent high relief portrait, well centered, light toning, bumps and marks, reverse center weak, mild die wear/rust, Smyrna or Sardes mint, weight 16.567g, maximum diameter 27.9mm, die axis 0o, c. 242 - 227 B.C.; obverse Antiochos diademed head right, no border; reverse Apollo naked seated left on omphalos, examining arrow in right hand, resting left hand on grounded bow, BAΣIΛEΩΣ downward on right, ANTIOXOY downward on left, ΠA monogram at outer left, ΘE monogram at outer right, no border; rare; SOLD




  







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