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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Magnus Maximus, post: 4464350, member: 73473&quot;]Very nice Tetradrachm of Seleucus!</p><p>In my opinion he was the most successful of the diadochi, though Ptolemy gives him a run for his money. Seleucus lost his satrapy then gained it back with less than 500 companions, managed to defeat both Antigonus and Demetrius( both excellent generals in their own right) with less resources and manpower in the Babylonian War.</p><p>He subjugated the entire east of Alexander’s&nbsp; domain, made peace with Chandragupta in exchange for 500 elephants which then singlehandedly saved the coalition’s tail at the Battle of Ipsus in 301 BCE.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is my stater of his from Babylon.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1112022[/ATTACH]</p><p>Seleucus I Nikator</p><p>AR Stater</p><p>311-281 BCE</p><p>Babylon mint[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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