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<p>[QUOTE="Alegandron, post: 4876312, member: 51347"]Nice write up, [USER=73473]@Magnus Maximus[/USER] ... I remember that Seleukos and Apama were long time married. Really a great story in history.</p><p><br /></p><p>I do not have one of Antiochos, but here is one from his father... Maybe it was Apama driving the Elephants, and everyone says it was Athena... <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/upload_2020-6-15_15-7-38-png.1131621/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>SELEUKID KINGDOM. </p><p>Seleukos I, 312-280 BCE. </p><p>AR Tetradrachm (14.46 gm) of Seleucia on the Tigris. </p><p>Laureate head of Zeus / </p><p>Athena driving chariot drawn by four horned elephants. </p><p>SC.130. Toned, VF, some tooling. Rare.</p><p>Ex: Pegasi</p><p><br /></p><p>With the successful conclusion of the Babylonian War against Antigonos Monophthalmos in 309 BC, Seleukos had secured his western border. He then turned his eyes eastwards and attacked Chandragupta, the ruler of the Mauryan Empire in northern India. Sometime around 303 BC a peace treaty was agreed, one term of which was that Seleukos would receive 500 elephants from Chandragupta. The chariot of elephants on this coin serves as a reminder of these elephants.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Alegandron, post: 4876312, member: 51347"]Nice write up, [USER=73473]@Magnus Maximus[/USER] ... I remember that Seleukos and Apama were long time married. Really a great story in history. I do not have one of Antiochos, but here is one from his father... Maybe it was Apama driving the Elephants, and everyone says it was Athena... :) [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/upload_2020-6-15_15-7-38-png.1131621/[/IMG] SELEUKID KINGDOM. Seleukos I, 312-280 BCE. AR Tetradrachm (14.46 gm) of Seleucia on the Tigris. Laureate head of Zeus / Athena driving chariot drawn by four horned elephants. SC.130. Toned, VF, some tooling. Rare. Ex: Pegasi With the successful conclusion of the Babylonian War against Antigonos Monophthalmos in 309 BC, Seleukos had secured his western border. He then turned his eyes eastwards and attacked Chandragupta, the ruler of the Mauryan Empire in northern India. Sometime around 303 BC a peace treaty was agreed, one term of which was that Seleukos would receive 500 elephants from Chandragupta. The chariot of elephants on this coin serves as a reminder of these elephants.[/QUOTE]
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