I picked up some boat coins from the Seleucid Empire, I thought it might make a nice little set. One of the boat coins is quite rare, it is a quasi-municipal type and hard to find in good condition with full visible inscription (and boat). Quasi-municipal coins are coins which bear the portrait of the governing king as a sign of his sovereign royal authority but his name is replaced or complemented by the name and often the type of the issuing city. (Note: I made the pictures myself, let me know your opinion and advice about them). Antiochos VII Euergetes (138 B.C. - 129 B.C) Bronze coin, quasi-municipal type. Tyre Mint, 136/5 B.C. Obverse: Diademed head of Antiochos VII right. Reverse: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΤΥΡΙΩΝ. Galley left; ΞΟΡ (date: S.E. 177 = 136/5 B.C.) above. Reference: SC 2112; SNG Spaer 2035-8; Newell, Tyre 147; Hoover 1092. Interesting they used in the inscription "ΙΕΡΑΣ" meaning holy or sacred. Sacred Tyre. Seleukos IV Philopator (187 B.C. - 175 B.C.) Serrated Bronze Coin. Antioch mint. Obverse: Wreathed and draped bust of Dionysos right, thyrsos over shoulder. Reverse: ΒΑΣΙΛEΩΣ ΣΕΛΕYΚΟΥ. Prow of galley left; control marks above (off flan?). Reference: SC 1316; HGC 9, 586. Demetrios II Nikator (146 B.C. - 138 B.C) (1st reign) Bronze Coin. Tyre mint, 144/3 B.C. Obverse: Diademed head of Demetrios II right. Reverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΔHMHTΡIOY TYΡIΩN, of Tyre in Phoenician. Stern of galley left; ΘΞΡ (date: SE 169 = 144/3 B.C.) above. Reference: SC 1968.3; HGC 9, 1000; DCA 171. This one is interesting because of the Phoenician inscription below, which was quite common for civic issues, but I did not know it also happened on issues from the king. Also, very cool patina! I also picked up this Ptolemy I Obol (my first Ptolemy coin). Ptolemy I Soter Bronze Obol (305 B.C. - 282 B.C). Alexandria mint. Obverse: Head of the deified Alexander right, wearing elephant skin headdress. Reverse: ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ. Eagle with open wings standing left on thunderbolt. π/ϒ monogram to left. Reference: Svoronos 220; SNG Copenhagen 52.
Those port cities had some interesting types. Demetrios I Tyre 154 BC Obvs: Demitrios diademed right. Revs: War galley stern terminating forward in volute. L QNP in field, IrS in ex. AE 20mm, 6.4g SC 1672.2 Demetrios II, SECOND REIGN Mint: Sidon Year 186, 127/126 BC Obvs: Diademed and draped bust of Demetrios II right beardless within dotted border, B behind. Revs: ΣIΔΩNOΣ ΘEAΣ in two lines to left, Phoenician script to right "of the Sidonians". Astarte on prow left holding asphlaston and naval trophy. ζΠΡ to right. AE 18x19mm, 4.60g Ref: SNG Spaer 2215; SC 2189.8; HGC 10, 1137(R2) Seleucus IV Antioch 187 to 175 BC Obvs: Dionysos right ivy crowned, thyrsos behind shoulder. Revs: BAΣIΛIEΩΣ ΣEΛEYKOY, Forepart of galley left. M above AE 20mm serrate, 7.1g Ref: SNG Isr.126.887, SC 2 1316.4
My only one that fits the subject: SELEUKID KINGS Seleukos IV Philopator 187-175 BC Head of young Dionysos right, wreathed with ivy prow of galley left. 19mm, 7.14g Sear 6970
Great pics! And cool coins Here's one that I absolutely brutalized to get any semblance of IDability (it was a black rock when I purchased it). I believe it's: Demetrius ii Obv: Facing bust Rev: galley right, Phoenician inscription above and below
I actually have something that fits this: Seleucid Empire - Syria Demetrios I, r. 162-150 B.C. Tyre Mint, AE 20, 19.37 mm x 5.7 grams Obv.: Diademed Head Right; Rev.: BAΣIΛEΩΣ / ΔHMHTPIOY. Seleukid date L ΔNP (SE154 - 159/8 B.C.), above stern of galley left, TYPIΩN and Phoenician legend below Ref.: SGCV 7021 I’m not sure if I’ve got that date or the legends right, but that’s my best go at it
Your coin is Demetrios II, you can tell by the style of the stern. I can't make out the date, your options are: LIΞP SE 167 LHΞP SE 168 LΘΞP SE 169 LOP SE 170 AOP SE 171 LΓOP SE 172 Many of the L's are optional. Otherwise it's correct. Reference SC 1968
