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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pavlos, post: 4994966, member: 96635&quot;]The coin is minted in Antioch, the capital. There was an important port at Antioch, it is called Seleukeia Pieria and it had a constant flow of trade and commerce. Yet, for all the importance of Seleukeia Pieria as a port, it is not a merchant ship on the coin, but a warship with rams. Not much is known of the Seleucid navy but treaties with the Romans indicate that Antiochos III (223-187 BC) certainly maintained a substantial fleet in the Mediterranean. His successor Seleukos IV (187-175 BC), used a similar prow of a warship as a symbol on some of his coinage, also minted in Antioch.</p><p><br /></p><p>Will post some Antiochos VII coins later.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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