Archaios | Seleucis Pieria Antioch Tyche / Fire Altar

Description: Archaios Numismatics Description: Greek Bronze coin (Trichalkon) issued as a Pseudo-Autonomous coin of Antioch in Seleucis and Pieria, Dated Year 108 of the Caesarean Era (AD 59/60), during the reign of Nero. Obverse: Turreted, draped, and veiled bust of the city goddess Tyche of Antioch right Reverse: Lighted and garlanded altar ; Date below ET HP Mint: Antiocheia ad Orontem, Selucis and Pieria, Syria Size: 18 mm Weight: 5.75 g Ref: McAlee 106(a) ; RPC I 4292; SNG Cop - ; SNG Van Aulock - ; cf. CNG e200,245 (Est:$100 ; Hammer: $430) Condition: aVF. As always, Please use the Pictures as your judge as grading is subjective. Inventory #: 50.7 Notes: Antiocheia ad Orontem (Antioch on the Orontes), was a town of Seleucis and Pieria in Syria located on the right bank of the Orontes, about twenty miles from its mouth. The city was the capital of the Seleucid Empire, and considered one of the most splendid cities of the ancient world. It was founded by Seleucus I (Nicator), BC 312-280 who also founded the dynasty of Seleucid kings and had been one of Alexander the Great's principal officers (the Diadochi). The city was a mint-place for the regal coinage of the kings from the time of Antiochus IV or earlier. In the second century B.C. it shared in the Tetrapolis coinage which included the Four Cities (Antiocheia, Seleucia, Apameia, and Laodiceia) during the first century B.C. The city issued bronze coins dated according to (i) the Seleucid Era, B.C. 312, (ii) the Caesarian (autumn, B.C. 49), or, possibly, the Pompeian (B.C. 64). Seleuceia Pieria (Seleukiyeh) also known as Seleucia by the Sea, was an ancient Helenistic town with the port of Antioch in Syria (Antioch ad Orontes). The town was Founded by Seleucus I in 300 B.C. and was a mint of the Syrian kings in the second century B.C. The Bronze coinage produced here ( Æ ) in the second century BC was generally inscribed ΣΕΛΕΥΚΕΩΝ; ΣΕΛΕΥΚΕΩΝ ΤΩΝ ΕΜ ΓΙΙΕΡΙΑΙ; or ΣΕΛΕΥΚΕΩΝ ΤΗΣ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΥΤΟΝΟΜΟΥ. There were a variety of Types that included: Head of Zeus, rev. Thunderbolt ; Head of Apollo, rev. Tripod; Head of Zeus, rev. Three naked Kuretes (Hirsch, Auct. Cat., xiii. 4115). Also Æ of the Tetrapolis, see supra, p. 778. Eras—On the Æ, Seleucid; on the AR are years probably reckoned from the era of the autonomy of the town, beginning B.C. 108 (or 109). The Macedonians called the landscape Pieria, after a district in their homeland that was also between the sea and a mountain range (the Olympus). Seleucia was of great importance in the struggle between the Seleucids and the Ptolemies; it was captured by Ptolemy Euergetes in 246 BCE. As the Ptolemies (Lagids) and Seleucids fought over the city, it changed hands several times until 219 BCE, when the Seleucid Antiochus III the Great recaptured it during the Fourth Syrian War (219-217 BCE); his general Ardys is recorded as having distinguished himself during the siege. Then it obtained its freedom and kept it even to the end of the Roman occupation. It long enjoyed the right of coinage. Some Excerpts From Head, Hist. Num.; Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia We Thank You for stopping in and taking time to look at and bid on our listings. Good Luck Bidding or Buying ! We encourage you to click the "See other items" link above in the "Seller Information" area of the listing as well to check out our other items posted. We have a variety of great classical and other ancient numismatic items available. We will be regularly continuing to post for sale and auction a wide variety of Ancient Roman, Greek, and Eastern coins as well as Medieval, Byzantine, and some Modern coins as well. We do combine shipping if buying or winning multiple items. Just contact us before you pay and let us know and we will gladly send an updated invoice with the combined shipping amount. You can also follow us to be notified when new listings are posted. With over 20 years in the numismatics hobby we continue to revel in the excitement that comes from holding each new small piece of history in our hands. We enjoy the enduring sense of history both of the prior uses and users as well as the creativity and necessity that surround the time and place at which these coins were minted and used in circulation. Our aim is to cater not just to the high end collector but also to the hobbyist and the newly initiated and those on a limited budget. Everyone starts the hobby somewhere and where we can share our knowledge to help inform or jumpstart your collecting pleasure we will aim to do so. We want you to love every purchase you make with us and we always stand by the quality and authenticity of all the coins we are selling.

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