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<p>[QUOTE="Pavlos, post: 4893003, member: 96635"]Nice writeup and beautiful coins! I too like the autonomous civic tetradrachms, they all have a nice background story on how they got autonomous. In the time of Philip I, eventhough he was king of Antioch, it was pretty much autonomous already. He didn't even mint bronze coins since the city itself was issuing them already. Autonomous Antioch coins are a lot harder to find than the coins from the time of Pompey or Ceasar.</p><p><br /></p><p>One of my favorite Seleukid drachms in my collection, from Antiochos VII.</p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/YsJbpcr.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>Antiochos VII Euergetes (138-129 B.C.). AR Drachm, Soloi mint.</b> </p><p><b>Obverse:</b> Diademed head of Antiochos VII right.</p><p><b>Reverse:</b> ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ / ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ. Tyche seated left on throne, holding sceptre and cornucopia. Controls: Two monograms in exergue.</p><p><b>Mint: </b>Soloi mint. Date Range: 138-129 B.C. Reference: SC 2051; HGC 9, 1079.</p><p>3.81g; 19mm</p><p><br /></p><p>One of the first autonomous coins from Seleukeia during the reign of Alexander I Balas.</p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/TfWczmg.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>SYRIA, Seleukis and Pieria. Adelphoi Demi (Tetrapolis). AE Double Unit Dated 149/48 B.C. Under the reign of Alexander I Balas (152/1 - 145 B.C.)</b> </p><p><b><b>Obverse:</b> </b>Laureate head of Zeus right<b>.</b></p><p><b><b>Reverse:</b> </b>‘ΑΔΕΛΦΩΝ’ above, ‘ΔΗΜΩΝ’ below (“of the Brother Peoples”). Winged thunderbolt; monogram to left, EΞP (date) and monogram to right; all within wreath.</p><p><b>Reference:</b> SNG Copenhagen 397; BMC 7; HGC 9, 1396.</p><p>6.91g; 21mm</p><p><br /></p><p>Bronze coins in the name of “the Brother Peoples” were struck in Seleukeia between 149/8 and 147/6 BC. This coinage probably reflected some form of civic alliance (homonoia) with Antioch on the Orontes. Four types of these coins were struck in three denominations: the quadruple unit, two types of the double unit and the single unit.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Pavlos, post: 4893003, member: 96635"]Nice writeup and beautiful coins! I too like the autonomous civic tetradrachms, they all have a nice background story on how they got autonomous. In the time of Philip I, eventhough he was king of Antioch, it was pretty much autonomous already. He didn't even mint bronze coins since the city itself was issuing them already. Autonomous Antioch coins are a lot harder to find than the coins from the time of Pompey or Ceasar. One of my favorite Seleukid drachms in my collection, from Antiochos VII. [IMG]https://i.imgur.com/YsJbpcr.jpg[/IMG] [B]Antiochos VII Euergetes (138-129 B.C.). AR Drachm, Soloi mint.[/B][SIZE=4][B] [/B][/SIZE] [B]Obverse:[/B] Diademed head of Antiochos VII right. [B]Reverse:[/B] ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ / ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ. Tyche seated left on throne, holding sceptre and cornucopia. Controls: Two monograms in exergue. [B]Mint: [/B]Soloi mint. Date Range: 138-129 B.C. Reference: SC 2051; HGC 9, 1079. 3.81g; 19mm One of the first autonomous coins from Seleukeia during the reign of Alexander I Balas. [IMG]https://i.imgur.com/TfWczmg.jpg[/IMG] [B]SYRIA, Seleukis and Pieria. Adelphoi Demi (Tetrapolis). AE Double Unit Dated 149/48 B.C. Under the reign of Alexander I Balas (152/1 - 145 B.C.)[/B][SIZE=4][B] [/B][/SIZE] [B][B]Obverse:[/B] [/B]Laureate head of Zeus right[B]. [B]Reverse:[/B] [/B]‘ΑΔΕΛΦΩΝ’ above, ‘ΔΗΜΩΝ’ below (“of the Brother Peoples”). Winged thunderbolt; monogram to left, EΞP (date) and monogram to right; all within wreath. [B]Reference:[/B] SNG Copenhagen 397; BMC 7; HGC 9, 1396. 6.91g; 21mm [B][/B] Bronze coins in the name of “the Brother Peoples” were struck in Seleukeia between 149/8 and 147/6 BC. This coinage probably reflected some form of civic alliance (homonoia) with Antioch on the Orontes. Four types of these coins were struck in three denominations: the quadruple unit, two types of the double unit and the single unit.[/QUOTE]
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