Seleucid Coins (part 1) 30

Typological Description

• Object Type: Coin
• Date Range: 300 BC - 298 BC
• Denomination: Tetradrachm
• Manufacture: Struck
• Material: Silver

• Authority

  • Authority: Seleucus I Nicator
  • • Dynasty: Seleucid Dynasty
    • State: Seleucid Empire

• Geographic

  • Mint: Seleuceia Pieria
  • Region: Asia--Asia--Syria--Seleucis and Pieria

• Obverse

  • Type: Beardless head of Heracles right wearing lion skin headdress
  • Deity: Heracles

• Reverse

  • Legend: ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ
  • Type: Zeus seated on high-backed throne left, holding Nike on outstretched right hand and sceptre in left
  • Symbol (Under throne): Houghton Monogram 617 , consists of Χ, Α, Τ, and Ο
  • Deity: Nike
  • Deity: Zeus
• TypeSeries: Seleucid Coins