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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 24737253, member: 99456&quot;]Most often on Numisforums, when someone references Antioch, they are referring to Antioch on the Orontes.&nbsp; 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).</p><p><br /></p><p>Antioch on Orontes was named after Seleucus I&#039;s father, Antiochus.&nbsp; As Appian reminds us, Seleucus I named more than one city, and wasn&#039;t too creative in his naming scheme.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;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.&quot;</p><p>-Appian, <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0230%3Atext%3DSyr.%3Achapter%3D9%3Asection%3D57" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0230%3Atext%3DSyr.%3Achapter%3D9%3Asection%3D57" rel="nofollow">Syrian Wars, 9.57</a></p><p><br /></p><p>This coin from a different Antioch - also named by Seleucus I for his father.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1582445[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Caria, Antioch ad Maeandrum</b>, circa 90/89-65/60 BC, AR Tetradrachm (28 mm, 16.13g, 11h), Diotrephes (ΔIOTPЄΦΗΣ), magistrate for the third time (TO TPITON).</p><p><b>Obv:</b> Laureate head of Apollo to right with bow and quiver over his shoulder</p><p><b>Rev: </b>ANTIOXЄΩN - ΔIOTPЄΦΗΣ / TO TPITON Zebu bull standing left, head facing; all within maeander pattern border</p><p><b>Ref: </b><a href="http://www.jstor.org/stable/45288594" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.jstor.org/stable/45288594" rel="nofollow">Thonemann (2019)</a> Group A, 2 (O3/R6)</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve posted by notes on this coin:</p><p><a href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/figs-sophists-and-sulla" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/figs-sophists-and-sulla" rel="nofollow"><b><font size="6"><span style="color: #0059b3">Figs, Sophists and Sulla</span></font></b></a>, <a href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/figs-sophists-and-sulla" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/figs-sophists-and-sulla" rel="nofollow">https://www.sullacoins.com/post/figs-sophists-and-sulla</a></p><p><br /></p><p><b>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). </b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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