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Syria. Antiochos. Seleukeia on the Tigris. 270-267 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.14g, 3h). SC 379.3c; Tradart 3.83 (this coin). Lightly toned. Perfectly centered and struck in high relief. One of the finest known. Choice extremely fine. From the Sadijas collection; Tradart 1994 (4) lot 104
Antiochos was the son of Seleukos, one of the Diadochi, and Apame, a persian princesses. He was the first Seleucid to issue coins bearing his own portrait. During his reign he lost northern Asia Minor and much of the Asian coast, but repulsed the Gaulish invasion, in honor of which he assumed the epithet "Soter" (Appian, Syrian Wars, 65). He died soon after suffering a disastrous defeat against Pergamum.
Antiochos was the son of Seleukos, one of the Diadochi, and Apame, a persian princesses. He was the first Seleucid to issue coins bearing his own portrait. During his reign he lost northern Asia Minor and much of the Asian coast, but repulsed the Gaulish invasion, in honor of which he assumed the epithet "Soter" (Appian, Syrian Wars, 65). He died soon after suffering a disastrous defeat against Pergamum.