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CARIA. Tabai. 1st century BC. Drachm (Silver, 19 mm, 3.42 g, 12 h), Seleukos son of Brachyllides. TABHNΩN Head of youthful Dionysos to right, with ivy-wreath flowing from his head down to his shoulders. Rev. CEΛEVKOC / BPAXVΛΛΙ-ΔOV Poseidon standing right, with his left foot set upon a prow, holding trident with his left hand and resting his right on his hip; behind him, dolphin swimming downwards. BMC 29 (same dies). Winterthur II 3552. Rare. Good very fine.
From the Vineyard Collection, ex Spink Numismatic Circular CVI, no 7, September 1998, 5425.
Another Brachyllides is known from Tabai, Kallikrates son of Brachyllides, who was a magistrate under Augustus (RPC I p. 471-472). Although it is almost sure that those two are related, the Brachyllides father of Kallikrates was probably the grandson of the Brachyllides who was the father of Seleukos, and not the same person. It was/is common for the Greeks to be given their grandfather's name as their first name and their father's as a surname.
From the Vineyard Collection, ex Spink Numismatic Circular CVI, no 7, September 1998, 5425.
Another Brachyllides is known from Tabai, Kallikrates son of Brachyllides, who was a magistrate under Augustus (RPC I p. 471-472). Although it is almost sure that those two are related, the Brachyllides father of Kallikrates was probably the grandson of the Brachyllides who was the father of Seleukos, and not the same person. It was/is common for the Greeks to be given their grandfather's name as their first name and their father's as a surname.