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<p>[QUOTE="Magnus Maximus, post: 4599537, member: 73473"]Some of my favorite Seleucid portraits that I own.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1139220[/ATTACH]</p><p>SELEUCID KINGDOM. Antiochus II Theos (261-246 BC). AR tetradrachm (32mm, 16.99gm, 12h). Phocaea. <b>Diademed head of Antiochus I right, elderly to middle ages, with full hair and aquiline nose</b>; dotted border / BAΣIΛEΩΣ / ANT-IOXOY, Apollo seated left on omphalus, testing arrow in right hand, left hand on grounded bow to right behind; forepart of griffin left in upper, outer left field, A(PT) monogram in outer right field. SC 508. Extremely rare - no examples in sales archives. Pleasant medium gray old collection toning. Extreme high relief</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1139221[/ATTACH]</p><p>Antiochus III. 223-187 BC. AR Tetradrachm</p><p>16.97 Grams</p><p>Seleucia on the Tigris. First Reign, <i><b>Before the Revolt of Molon</b></i>, Ca. 223-221 BC. Diademed head of Antiochus III right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ on right, ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ on left, Nude Apollo seated left on omphalos, slight drapery on right thigh, holding arrow in right hand, left hand resting on bow, Control marks in outer left and right fields and in exergue.</p><p>Rare</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1139225[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Material: Silver</p><p>Weight: 16.85 g</p><p>Syria, Antiochus II; 261-246 BC, Perhaps Tralles, Tetradrachm, 16.85g. SC-534.2. Obv: Diademed head of Antiochus II r. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ Apollo, slight drapery on r. thigh, seated l. on omphalos, testing arrow and resting l. hand on bow; control marks in outer l. and r. fields. Obverse somewhat high relief. aVF / Fine</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1139227[/ATTACH]</p><p>Seleucus IV AR tetradrachm. 187-175 BC. Antioch mint. 17.1 g. Diademed head right. / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΣEΛEYKOY, Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding bow and arrow. Filleted palm branch.</p><p><br /></p><p>During the Victorian period most scholars were of the thought that the Hellenistic age was an inferior period than the Classical period that preceded it. I have heard the arguments that the hellenistic age was a period of time were little innovation(literary, art, political) occurred. I can see that argument, but I don't think it holds up well when put to scrutiny. Greek ideas were propagated across Egypt and the Middle East where they fused with the local customs to create some remarkable works of literature(The Argonautica), cities(Seleucia on the Tigris, Ai-Khanoum), and art(the statue of the Dying Gaul, The Farnese Herucles).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Magnus Maximus, post: 4599537, member: 73473"]Some of my favorite Seleucid portraits that I own. [ATTACH=full]1139220[/ATTACH] SELEUCID KINGDOM. Antiochus II Theos (261-246 BC). AR tetradrachm (32mm, 16.99gm, 12h). Phocaea. [B]Diademed head of Antiochus I right, elderly to middle ages, with full hair and aquiline nose[/B]; dotted border / BAΣIΛEΩΣ / ANT-IOXOY, Apollo seated left on omphalus, testing arrow in right hand, left hand on grounded bow to right behind; forepart of griffin left in upper, outer left field, A(PT) monogram in outer right field. SC 508. Extremely rare - no examples in sales archives. Pleasant medium gray old collection toning. Extreme high relief [ATTACH=full]1139221[/ATTACH] Antiochus III. 223-187 BC. AR Tetradrachm 16.97 Grams Seleucia on the Tigris. First Reign, [I][B]Before the Revolt of Molon[/B][/I], Ca. 223-221 BC. Diademed head of Antiochus III right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ on right, ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ on left, Nude Apollo seated left on omphalos, slight drapery on right thigh, holding arrow in right hand, left hand resting on bow, Control marks in outer left and right fields and in exergue. Rare [ATTACH=full]1139225[/ATTACH] Material: Silver Weight: 16.85 g Syria, Antiochus II; 261-246 BC, Perhaps Tralles, Tetradrachm, 16.85g. SC-534.2. Obv: Diademed head of Antiochus II r. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ Apollo, slight drapery on r. thigh, seated l. on omphalos, testing arrow and resting l. hand on bow; control marks in outer l. and r. fields. Obverse somewhat high relief. aVF / Fine [ATTACH=full]1139227[/ATTACH] Seleucus IV AR tetradrachm. 187-175 BC. Antioch mint. 17.1 g. Diademed head right. / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΣEΛEYKOY, Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding bow and arrow. Filleted palm branch. During the Victorian period most scholars were of the thought that the Hellenistic age was an inferior period than the Classical period that preceded it. I have heard the arguments that the hellenistic age was a period of time were little innovation(literary, art, political) occurred. I can see that argument, but I don't think it holds up well when put to scrutiny. Greek ideas were propagated across Egypt and the Middle East where they fused with the local customs to create some remarkable works of literature(The Argonautica), cities(Seleucia on the Tigris, Ai-Khanoum), and art(the statue of the Dying Gaul, The Farnese Herucles).[/QUOTE]
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