Seleucid Coins (part 1) 927

Typological Description

• Object Type: Coin
• Date Range: 225 BC - 224 BC
• Denomination: Tetradrachm
• Manufacture: Struck
• Material: Silver

• Authority

  • Authority: Seleucus III Ceraunus
  • • Dynasty: Seleucid Dynasty
    • State: Seleucid Empire

• Geographic

  • Mint: Aradus
  • Region: Asia--Asia--Syria--Phoenicia

• Obverse

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

• Reverse

  • Legend: BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ
  • Type: Zeus seated on high-backed throne left, holding eagle on outstretched right hand and sceptre in left
  • Symbol (Left field): palm tree
  • Symbol (Under throne): Houghton Monogram 41.4 , consists of Α and Ρ
  • Symbol (Exergue): Aradian era date
  • Deity: Zeus
• TypeSeries: Seleucid Coins