Most often on Numisforums, when someone references Antioch, they are referring to Antioch on the Orontes. The ancient city was on the far, southeastern edge of modern Turkey near themodern city of Antakya. (Antakya was named for the ancient city Antiochia). Antioch on Orontes was named after Seleucus I's father, Antiochus. As Appian reminds us, Seleucus I named more than one city, and wasn't too creative in his naming scheme. "He (Seleucus) built cities throughout the entire length of his dominions and named sixteen of them Antioch after his father, five Laodicea after his mother, nine after himself, and four after his wives, that is, three Apamea and one Stratonicea." -Appian, Syrian Wars, 9.57 This coin from a different Antioch - also named by Seleucus I for his father. Caria, Antioch ad Maeandrum, circa 90/89-65/60 BC, AR Tetradrachm (28 mm, 16.13g, 11h), Diotrephes (ΔIOTPЄΦΗΣ), magistrate for the third time (TO TPITON). Obv: Laureate head of Apollo to right with bow and quiver over his shoulder Rev: ANTIOXЄΩN - ΔIOTPЄΦΗΣ / TO TPITON Zebu bull standing left, head facing; all within maeander pattern border Ref: Thonemann (2019) Group A, 2 (O3/R6) I've posted by notes on this coin: Figs, Sophists and Sulla, https://www.sullacoins.com/post/figs-sophists-and-sulla Post any coin from a city that Seleucus I named after his father, his mother, himself, or his wives (or anything else the you find interesting or entertaining).
I like these ones that have the Meander pattern! A cool bit of linguistic history there too. I didn't know that he had named all the Antiochias & Laodiceas, very interesting. Caria, Antiochia. Lucius Verus AE Hemiassarion (16.5mm, 2.93g, 5h), c. 161-169 CE. Obv: ΑV ΚΑΙ Λ ΒΗΡΟϹ. Laureate head right. Rev: ΑΝΤΙOΧЄΩΝ. Winged Nemesis, plucking chiton, holding cubit and/or bridle (?). Ref: RPC (IV.2) 11539, ex. 3 (this coin) [LINK] Prov: Ex Henry Clay Lindgren (1914-2005) Collection (unpublished), with his envelope. CNG EA 518 (15 Jun 2022), 817 (part, 1 of 5). For good measure, here's my favorite from Laodicea. Syria, Laodicea ad Mare. Elagabalus AE Assarion (?) (17mm, 4.29g), c. 218-222 CE. Obv: IMP C M AVR ANTONINVS AVG. Laureate head r. Rev: LADICEON Δ Є. Turreted & draped Tyche in distyle shrine. Ref: RPC VI (Temp.) 8177, spec. 23 (this coin illustrated). Prov: Ex Mark Salton (1914-2005) & Lottie Salton (1924-2020) Collection; Salton-Schlessinger FPL 27 (Fall 1958), lot 133; Künker Auction 378 (21 Oct 2022), lot 6739.
The Parthians conquered a large portion of former Seleucid lands, and at least one of the cities named by Seleucus I, Laodicea in Media, issued coins under the Parthians. (The city, renamed Nihavand, is still inhabited and is in modern Hamadan Province, Iran.) Here's a drachm of Orodes II (57-38 BCE): And a drachm of Phraates IV (38-2 BCE):
That's a nice Tetradrachm. Alexander I Mint: Antioch on the Orontes Denomination D 149 to 147 BC Obvs: Aegis with gorgoneion in center, dotted border. Revs: BAΣIΛEΩΣ on right AΛEΞANΔPOY on left, pegasus leaping right. ΛB monogram below 13mm, 2.11g Ref: SC 1792.2b; HGC 9, 938(R2) Alexander I Quasi-municipal issue Mint: Apamea on the Axios Year 163, 150/149 BC Obvs: Diademed head of Alexander right within dotted border. Revs: AΠAMEΩN, Zeus standing left holding Corinthian helmet and resting on scepter. Palm counter mark over date ΓΞP. Delta monogram outer left. AE 21mm, 6.9g Ref: cf. SNG Isr 1494; SC 1804b; HGC 9, 904(R2) Antiochus III Mint: Seleucia on the Tigris 220 to 204 BC Obvs: Young bust of Alexander the Great three quarters right wearing elephant headdress, dotted border. Revs: BAΣIΛEΩΣ on right ANTIOXOY on left, horse head left. Dotted border. AE 13x14mm, 2.34g Ref: SC 1182; HGC 9, 536(R2) Antiochus IV Mint: Quasi-municipal Seleucia on the Pyramus (Mopsus) Denomination C 168 to 164 BC Obvs: Diademed head of Antiochus IV right, dotted border. Revs: ΣEΛEYKEΩN TΩN ΠPOΣ TΩI ΠYPAMΩI around, Artemis standing facing and drawing arrow from quiver while holding bow. Dotted border, monogram inner left and IA monogram inner right. AE 15mm, 4.50g Ref: cf. SC 1387.2; HGC 9, 681(R2) Note: Unpublished with IA monogram instead of I A. Demetrios II, first reign Mint: Probably Seleucia in Pieria 145 to 143 BC Obvs: Diademed head of Demetrios II right within dotted border. Revs: BAΣΙΛEΩΣ ΔHMHTPIOY in two lines on right, NIKATOPEΣ on left. Anchor flukes upward, rose, flower, or lily lower left. AE 15mm, 4.02g Ref: SC 1927.1; HGC 9, 982(R2) Seleucus I Apamea on the Axios 300 to 281 BC Obvs: Elephant right, dotted border. Revs: BAΣIΛIEΩΣ ΣEΛEYKOY, bridled & horned horse head left. Horizontal anchor below. AE 19x20mm, 8.57g SC 35; HGC 9, 79(R1)
