Seleucid Coins (part 1) 927

Typological Description

• Object Type: Coin

• Date Range

  • From Date: 225 BC
  • To Date: 224 BC
• Denomination: Tetradrachm
• Manufacture: Struck
• Material: Silver

• Authority

  • Authority: Seleucus III Ceraunus

• 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: palm tree (Left field)
  • Symbol: monogram (Under throne)
  • Deity: Zeus
• TypeSeries: Seleucid Coins