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COINS OF THE SELEUCID EMPIRE
FROM THE COLLECTION OF
ARTHUR HOUGHTON
By
ARTHUR J^OUGHTON
ANCIENT COINS IN NORTH AMERICAN COLLECTIONS
PUBLISHED BY
THE AMERICAN NUMISMATIC SOCIETY
NEW YORK 1983
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ANCIENT COINS IN NORTH AMERICAN COLLECTIONS
No. 4

FOR SHERRY
for two decades of patience and support
and to the memory of
EDWARD T. NEWELL
whose interest in royal Greek portrait coins
spurred my own
and pointed the way
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION ix
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS xii
CHRONOLOGICAL CHART OF SELECTED MINTS xv
NORTH CENTRAL REGION
Syria Seleucis
Antioch Nos. 1-400
Seleucia Pieria 401-414
"Apamea" 415-443
Laodicea ad Mare 444-447
Hierapolis (Bambyce) 448
Cyrrhus 449
Cilicia
Tarsus 450-502
Mopsus 503-504
Mallus 505-512
Soli 513-529
Seleucia ad Calycadnum 530-538
Uncertain Mint 539-541
Uncertain Mints 542-591
WESTERN REGION
West Asia Minor
Sardes 592-611
Magnesia on the Maeander 612-620
Smyrna 621-622
Phocaea 623-624
Magnesia ad Sipylum 625-627

Myrina 628-629
Aegae 630-632
Pergamum 633-635
Hellespont
Alexandria Troas 636-646
Ilium 647-650
viii
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Lampsacus 651-655
Parium 656-658
Lysimachia 659-662
SOUTH CENTRAL REGION
Phoenicia
"Aradus-Marathus" 682-686
Simyra 687
Tripolis 688-693
Byblus 694-703
Beirut 704-710
Sidon 711-725
Tyre 726-770
Palestine
Ake-Ptolemais 771^814
Ascalon 815-826
Gaza 827-830
Jerusalem 831-834
Coele-Syria
Damascus 835-871
EASTERN REGION
Mesopotamia
Carrhae 887-890
Edessa 891-894

Nisibis 895-911
Babylonia
Babylon 912-913
Seleucia on the Tigris 914-1020
Susiana
Susa 1021-1083
Antioch on the Persian Gulf 1084-1102
Baluchistan
Uncertain Mint 1103-1119
Media
Ecbatana 1120-1275
Northeastern Mints
Hecatompylus or Artacoana 1276-1279
Bactra 1280-1299
INTRODUCTION
Because of its focus on a single, narrowly-defined area of numismatics, this volume
does not follow the system generally employed by many catalogues in which coins of the
hellenistic series are listed first by ruler, then by mint. Instead, it has been arranged ac-
cording to mints, then chronologically according to ruler, in order to show clearly the
affinity of coins struck by different rulers at the same city and to provide, as far as possible,
an overview of a given mint's activity and its relationship to other mints operating within
the same district.
A second departure from general practice has been made in the geographical arrangement
of the mints themselves. In his formative study of early Seleucid coinages struck in the
east, Eastern Seleucid Mints, Edward T. Newell began with the first issues of Seleucus I,
struck in Babylonia, then dealt with mints further to the east, ending with Bactria. West-
ern Seleucid Mints continued with Mesopotamia, covered Syria Seleucis, Phoenicia,
Palestine and Cilicia, and concluded with Asia Minor. While the use of a historically-
based system of this nature was fully reasonable in tracing the development of the earliest
coinages of the Seleucid kings, it is not easily adapted to a catalogue of coins whose scope
embraces the entire historical range of the Seleucid dynasty, from its beginnings under
Seleucus I in Babylonia to its final months under Antiochus XIII at Antioch.
The approach in this volume emphasizes instead the development of the Empire as a
whole, taking as its starting point the area of most fundamental importance to the Seleucid
kings. Within this area, which is here called the North Central Region, the mint of Antioch
was predominant. As a major settlement since its founding and as the Empire's most
important city during the second and into the first century B.C., Antioch issued the largest
volume of coinage, and maintained the longest and most continuous record of mint oper-
ation. Its effect on the activity of other mints in its own and in more distant regions was
profound, often influencing style, iconography, form of inscriptions and striking technique.
The catalogue therefore begins with Antioch and its region, which includes the areas

of Cilicia and of Seleucis and Pieria. This is followed by the mints of the Western Region
(the western provinces of Asia Minor and the Hellespont); the South Central Region
(Phoenicia, Palestine and Coele Syria); and, finally, those of the Eastern Region (Mesopo-
tamia eastward, to Bactria). Each regional chapter concludes with a section covering
issues whose specific attribution has not been established firmly, but whose provenance,
style, iconography or technique relate them in a general manner to other known coins of
that area.
In recent years excavation reports, new hoard publications, specific mint studies, and
articles discussing the attribution of individual coins have all contributed to a growing
body of literature on the subject of hellenistic numismatics in general and Seleucid coinages
in particular; the material is voluminous. Many references to such studies have been in-
corporated in this catalogue but all have not, and while those cited are in the aggregate a
INTRODUCTION
guide to the field they are not intended to form a comprehensive bibliography. Instead an
attempt has been made to provide sufficient references to permit the user to locate similar
or related coins in other works, or to follow the attributions or reattributions that have
been made in this catalogue.
In citing such material, I have used the criterion of accessibility. Standard, broadly
available works, such as E. T. Newell's Eastern Seleucid Mints and Western Seleucid Mints
have been given priority; such studies also include Newell's "The Seleucid Mint of Antioch"
for coins of Antioch struck after the reign of Antiochus III; and Georges Le Rider's monu-
mental Suse sous les Sileucides et les Parthes for the later Seleucid issues of Susa, Seleucia
on the Tigris and Ecbatana. They also include significant articles in journals or essay
collections which bring together material relating to a particular mint or period. Where
such references do not adequately cover specific coins, the catalogues of the great national
collections in London and Paris have been cited, sometimes together. Thereafter, I have
referred to other major published collections, both public and private (Copenhagen, Ox-
ford, Cambridge and Boston; Lockett, Jameson, de Hirsch and De Clercq). Occasionally
it has been noted where a related issue or die may be found in a sales catalogue, if no other
work can provide the information. In exceptional cases where a coin may appear to be
unique or a series insufficiently known, unpublished examples have been cited in order to
show the existence of a similar issue or related type.
Coins will be found throughout the catalogue without reference at all; such cases include
issues where similar examples by type, inscription, monogram or date could not be located
in published collections. Many of these fall into well-established sequences and are of
importance primarily in helping to complete the record of a mint's activity. Others, how-
ever, may be heretofore unrecorded issues; they are testament to the fact that the record
of Seleucid coinages is far from complete, and that additions to the known material

appear from time to time. It is my hope that the publication of such coins in this catalogue
will deepen our understanding of Hellenistic numismatics, and give greater definition to
this rich and complex period of history.
I have a profound debt to the many individuals who have assisted me in the preparation
of this volume. I am deeply grateful to Leslie Elam, Director of the American Numismatic
Society, for his guidance and care in regard to both the editing and publication of this
catalogue; and to the Society's Curator of Greek Coins, Nancy Waggoner, for her thought-
ful commentary on the substance of this catalogue and for her patience with my impositions
on her time and my intrusions into the Society's Greek Coin Room over a period of many
years. Special thanks are also due to the Society's Librarian, Frank Campbell, who has
provided me with a stream of reference material which could not be conveniently obtained
elsewhere.
I am indebted, also, to Martin Price and Helene Nicolet-Pierre, Curators of the London
and Paris collections, for the time they have generously given in commenting on many
aspects of Seleucid numismatics, and for casts and photographs of coins which have helped
clarify questions regarding numerous issues in this catalogue. I also wish to thank Harald
Kuthmann of Munich; Gunther Dembski of Vienna; Hans-Dieter and Sabine Schultz of
the Staatliche Museum, Berlin; and J. L. Djukov of the Hermitage Museum, Leningrad,
all of whom have provided photographs, casts or descriptive material relating to my
INTRODUCTION
xi
study of particular Seleucid mints, and which have been of direct relevance to the proper
attribution of many of the coins listed here.
My thanks also go to Arnold Spaer of Jerusalem; Paolo Girardi of Beirut and Rome;
and Edoardo Levante of Iskenderun and Paris, for their help in resolving questions of
provenance and for informing me of numismatic material or scholarship related to the
attribution of issues from Palestine, Syria and Phoenicia, and Cilicia. Specific and
useful commentary on Seleucid coins of Ascalon and Jerusalem has been provided by
Ya'akov Meshorer of the Israel Museum, Jerusalem. Frank Holt of the University of
Virginia and William Spengler, now at the University of Wisconsin (Madison), have re-
viewed the chapter on Bactria, and have made helpful suggestions on the history and
coins of that area.
In the last analysis, this catalogue would not have been possible without the help
of Otto Morkholm of the Royal Collection of Coins and Medals, Copenhagen, and
Silvia Hurter of Bank Leu, Zurich. For nearly two decades Mr. Morkholm has provided
unstinting assistance and advice as my interest in Seleucid history and numismatics has
developed. Much of this work bears his imprint. The general arrangement of mints, for
example, was originally his suggestion, and has been adopted in ful1. The attribution of
many coins has been based on his definitive studies in the field of hellenistic numismatics,
and I have depended heavily on his suggestions for improvement of the catalogue text.
The responsibility for any mistakes is mine alone, but such substantive errors as may exist
would have been immeasurably greater without Mr. Morkholm's advice.
The core of this volume is the quality of its photography. Much of the basis of numis-
matic scholarship is visual; and while errors of substance can be corrected, information lost
by inadequate illustrations can be regained only with the greatest difficulty, if at al1. I
have been fortunate in the extreme that Silvia Hurter agreed to apply her unmatched skill

to the photography of the coins in this catalogue. Simple thanks are inadequate for a task
which involved long hours of labor and care. It is my hope that she will see, as I do, the
results to be a monument to her technique and eye. I am obliged as well to Frances M.
Schwartz for the expert mounting of the plates.
Finally, I wish to acknowledge my debt to two individuals, now deceased. Dikran
Saraffian was as much a student of antiquity as he was a dealer of ancient artifacts,
a wit, and a man of gentle charm who never forebore to expIain the past to a youth who
hardly knew what questions to ask. Henri Seyrig seemed to keep his door forever open in
response to my quest for information on the coinages of Syria, which were a source of
fascination to him as wel1. Both encouraged my early interest in ancient coins, and guided
me toward Seleucid numismatics as an area which promised rich intellectual reward.
They were not wrong.
Cambridge, April 1982
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
Babelon
Bellinger, Dura
Bellinger, End of the
Seleucids
Bellinger, Elaeusa Sebaste
Bellinger, Troy
BMC
Boehringer, Chronologie
Brett, Ake-Ptolemais
Brett, Ascalon
Cox, Tarsus
De Clerq
De Hirsch
ESM
HLR
Houghton, Lampsacus
E. Babelon, Catalogue des monnaies grecques de la Bibliolhique
Nationale. Les Rois de Syrie, d'Armenie el de Commagine
(Paris, 1890).
A. R. Bellinger, The Excavations at Dura-Europos, Final Report 6:
The Coins (New Haven, 1949).
A. R. Bellinger, "The End of the Seleucids," Transactions of the
Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 38 (June, 1949),
pp. 51-102.
A. R. Bellinger, "A Seleucid Mint at Elaeusa Sebaste," ANSMN 3
(1948), pp. 27-30.

A. R. Bellinger, Troy. The Coins (Princeton, 1961).
P. Gardner, Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum,
The Seleucid Kings of Syria (London, 1878).
C. Boehringer, Zur Chronologie mittelhellenistischer Miinzserien
220-160 v. Chr., AMUGS 5 (Berlin, 1972).
A. B. Brett, "Seleucid Coins of Ake-Ptolemais in Phoenicia, Seleucus
IV to Tryphon," ANSMN 1 (1945), pp. 17-35.
A. B. Brett, "The Mint of Ascalon under the Seleucids," ANSMN 4
(1950), pp. 43-54.
D. H. Cox, "The Coins," Excavations at GSzlu Kule, Tarsus, Vo1. 1,
The Hellenistic and Roman Periods, ed. H. Goldman (Princeton,
1950), pp. 38-83.
G. Le Rider and H. Seyrig, "Objets de la collection Louis De Clercq,"
RN 1967, pp. 7-53 (Nos. 1-259); RN 1968, pp. 7-40 (Nos. 260-
3531).
P. Naster, La collection Lucien de Hirsch (Brussels, 1959).
E. T. Newell, The Coinage of the Eastern Seleucid Mints from Seleu-
cus I to Antiochus III, ANSNS 1 (New York, 1938, reprinted
1978).
A. Houghton and G. Le Rider, "Un tresor de monnaies hellenistiques
trouve pres de Suse." RN 1966, pp. 111-27.
A. Houghton, "The Seleucid Mint at Lampsacus," ANSMN 23
(1978), pp. 59-68.
ABBREVIATIONS
xiii
Houghton, Persepolis
Houghton, Second Reign
Houghton, Tarik Darreh
Hunter 3
Jameson
LSM
Meklepini
McLean 3
MFA
Merkholm, Accession
Merkholm, Cilicia
Merkholm, Nisibe
Merkholm, Posthumous
Issue
Merkholm, Sardes
Merkholm, Seleucid Mint
Merkholm, Studies
Merkholm, Susiana
Seyrig, fires
A. Houghton, "Notes on the Early Seleucid Victory Coinage of
'Persepolis'," SNR 59 (1980), pp. 5-14.
A. Houghton, "The Second Reign of Demetrius II of Syria at
Tarsus," ANSMN 24 (1979), pp. 111-16.
A. Houghton, "Tarik Darreh (Kangavar) Hoard," ANSMN 25
(1980), pp. 31-44.

G. Macdonald, Catalogue of Greek Coins in the Hunterian Collection,
Vo1. 3, Further Asia, Northern Africa, Western Europe (Glas-
gow, 1905).
R. Jameson, Collection R. Jameson, Vo1. 1, Monnaies grecques an-
tiques (Paris, 1913).
E. T. Newell, Late Seleucid Mints in Ake-Plolemais and Damascus,
ANSNNM 84 (New York, 1939).
N. Olcay and H. Seyrig, he tresor de Mektepini en Phrygie, Tresors
monetaires Seleucides 1 (Paris, 1965).
S. W. Grose, Fitzwilliam Museum, Catalogue of the McLean Col-
lection of Greek Coins, Vol. 3, Asia Minor, Further Asia, Egypt,
Africa (Cambridge, 1929).
A. B. Brett, Catalogue of Coins, Museum of Fine Arts (Boston, 1955).
0. Merkholm, "The Accession of Antiochus IV of Syria, A Numis-
matic Comment," ANSMN 11 (1964), pp. 63-76.
0. Merkholm, "Seleucid Coins from Cilicia, ca. 220-150 B.C.,"
ANSMN 11 (1964), pp. 53-62.
0. Merkholm, "Le monnayage de Seleucus IV a Nisibe," RN 1965,
pp. 44-50.
0. Merkholm, "A Posthumous Issue of Antiochus IV of Syria," NC
1960, pp. 25-30.
0. Merkholm, "Some Seleucid Coins from the Mint of Sardes,"
NNA 1969, pp. 5-20.
0. Merkholm, "The Seleucid Mint at Antiochia on the Persian
Gulf," ANSMN 16 (1970), pp. 31-44.
0. Merkholm, Studies in the Coinage of Antiochus IV of Syria
(Copenhagen, 1963).
0. Merkholm, "A Greek Coin Hoard from Susiana," ActaA 36
(1965), pp. 127-56.
H. Seyrig, "Antiquites syriennes 42. Sur les eres de quelques villes
de Syrie: Antioche, Apamee, Arethuse, Balanee, fipiphanee,
Laodicee, Rhosos, Damas, Beryte, Tripolis, l'ere de Cleopatre,
Chalcis du Liban, Doliche," Syria 27 (1950), pp. 5-50.
xiv
ABBREVIATIONS
Seyrig, Magnisie
Seyrig, Notes
Seyrig, Parion
Seyrig, Tresors
SMA
SNGCopSyria
SNGFitz
SNGLockell
Spaer, Qazvin
Spaer, A ke
Spaer, Ascalon
Strauss
Suse
Thompson, Lysimachus
Tyre
Waage
WSM
H. Seyrig, "Monnaies hellenistiques VI: Monnaies Seleucides d'fi-
phese et de Magnesie," RN 1963, pp. 31-35.
H. Seyrig, Notes on Syrian Coins, ANSNNM 119 (New York, 1950).
H. Seyrig, "Parion au 3e siecle avant notreere," Centennial Publica-
tion of the American Numismatic Society, ed. H. Ingholt (New
York, 1958), pp. 603-25.
H. Seyrig, Tresors du Levant, anciens el nouveaux, Tresors monetaires
Seleucides 2 (Paris, 1973).

E. T. Newell, "The Seleucid Mint of Antioch," American Journal of
Numismatics 51 (New York, 1917-18), pp. 1-151.
Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, The Royal Collection of Coins and
Medals, Danish National Museum: Syria, Seleucid Kings
(Copenhagen, 1959).
Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Vol. 4, Filzwilliam Museum,
Leake and General Collections, Part 8: Syria-Nabathaea, (Lon-
don, 1971).
Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Vo1. 3, The Lockett Collection, Part
5: Lesbos-Cyrenaica; Addenda (London, 1949).
A. Spaer, "A Hoard from the Qazvin Area," Coin Hoards 1 (1975),
pp. 36^1.
A. Spaer, "Antiochus IV at Ake-Ptolemais," Proceedings of the 8th
International Congress of Numismatics (Paris, Basel, 1976), pp.
139-41.
A. Spaer, "Ascalon: From Royal Mint to Autonomy," Studies in
Honor of Leo Mildenberg: Numismatics, Art History and
Archaeology (Wetteren, 1984, forthcoming).
P. Strauss, "Un tresor de monnaies hellenistiques trouve pres de
Suse," RN 1971, pp. 109^0.
G. Le Rider, Suse sous les Seleucides el les Parthes (Paris, 1965).
M. Thompson, "The Mints of Lysimachus," Essays in Greek Coinage
Presented to Stanley Robinson (Oxford, 1968), pp. 163-82.
E. T. Newell, The Seleucid Coinages of Tyre, a Supplement," ANS-
NNM 73 (New York, 1936).
D. B. Waage, Anlioch-on-the-Oronles, Vo1. 4, Part 2, Greek, Roman,
Byzantine and Crusaders' Coins (Princeton, 1952).
E. T. Newell, The Coinage of the Western Seleucid Mints from
Seleucus I to Antiochus lII, ANSNS 4 (New York, 1941,
reprinted 1977).
CHRONOLOGICAL CHART
OF SELECTED MINTS
No dates have been given to the separate reigns of the kings whose coinage is re-
presented. Had the Seleucid state remained united, it would have been possible to show a
straightforward chronological sequence of rulers at their capital city. It did not, however,
and the chronology of the Empirethe later Empire in particularis anything but
straightforward.
In some cases, usurpers assumed control of one or more cities and were themselves
defeated and replaced by a legitimate ruler. In others, a king may have been expelled
from one city but maintained his authority at another. Some rulers exercised power over
vast territory but never ruled at the Seleucid capital, Antioch. As a result, a simple list of
Seleucid kings tends to be misleading about the breadth of an individual ruler's authority;
and an arrangement of kings at a single selected city, such as Antioch, would give only a
fragmentary picture about the extent of each ruler's contro1. Neither approach would
reflect the increasing political complexity of the Seleucid state in its later stages, threatened
externally by intensifying political and military threats, and internally by a broadening
pattern of disruption and disintegration as rival challengers fought each other for authority.
The following chart is intended to correct this problem in part. It sets out schematically
the reigns of Seleucid rulers at selected provincial capitals, from Sardes in western Asia
Minor to Bactra in the far northeast. In the case of each capital the record of coins struck
by the city's mint is, with only a few exceptions, sufficiently continuous to provide certain-
ty about the sequence of rulers at these locations. Its chronological accuracy is only
approximate, however, particularly in those instances where the ancient sources are im-
precise or silent, or where the numismatic material is lacking. The notes which follow the
chart indicate some of the areas where chronological clarification is needed.
Sources (except as noted):
Bellinger, End of the Seleucids

Brett, Ake-Ptolemais
Cox, Tarsus
ESM
LSM
Merkholm, Sardes
Morkholm, Studies
Susc
E. Will, Histoire politique du monde hellinistique, 2 vols. Annales de l'est (Nancy, 1966-67).
WSM
Chart Notes:
I A foundation date of Seleucia of c. 301 B.C. or later has been proposed by R. Hadley, "The Foun-
dation Date of Seleucia on the Tigris," Historia 27 (1978), pp. 228-30.
The date of Seleucus's occupation of Bactra is not known. The first Seleucid coins of Bactra do
not appear to have been struck prior to the period of joint rule of Seleucus and his son, Antiochus I,
which began c. 292 B.C. (see introduction to catalogue section on Bactra).
3 WSM, pp. 211-13, accepts a Seleucid occupation of Damascus extending from the reign of Antio-
chus I to the early years of Seleucus II, but notes the scant evidence supporting the rule of any Seleucid
king in this city prior to the reign of Antiochus VII.
4 The dates of Antiochus, son of Seleucus IV, follow the chronology of Morkholm, Accession.
5 The dates of Antiochus V and Timarchus at Seleucia are according to A. R. Bellinger, "The Bronze
Coins of Timarchus," ANSMN 1 (1945), pp. 37-44, and A. Houghton, "Timarchus as King in Babylo-
nia," RN 1979, pp. 213-17.
The chronology of Tryphon's reign in Syria is not certain. The traditionally accepted dating of
Tryphon's regnal years, which is supported by Brett, Ake-Ptolemais, and H. Seyrig, Notes, has been
retained.
7 A coin of Antiochus IX of Ascalon dated 91P (199 S.E. = 114/3 B.C.) in the British Museum
indicates a slightly earlier beginning of this king's reign in Palestine and Coele-Syria than Newell
suggests in LSM, p. 31 and p. 70.
8 The chart includes four hypothetical regnal periods for Antiochus VIII at Damascus, three for
Antiochus IX, based upon Bellinger, End of the Seleucids, pp. 68-74; 87-88, and a late issue of Antiochus
VIII published by Merkholm, "Some Western Seleucid Coins," INJ 3 (1965-66), p. 12. No dated
silver coins of Antiochus IX are known for this city after 111/0 B.C., however, and Bellinger's sug-
gestion of a third reign for this king at Damascus is based upon bronze issues of Eros/Nike type whose
attribution is not certain.
Newell has placed the beginning of Antiochus VIII's fourth reign at Antioch at 108/7 B.C. (SMA,
p. 103). On the basis of hoard evidence, Seyrig, Trisors, p. 102, has noted that Antiochus's initiation

of the Zeus Nikephoros reverse type at Antiochand by implication the date of Antiochus's fourth
accession at that cityprobably did not occur until c. 105 B.C. or later. However, H. Troxell and
N. Waggoner, "The Robert F. Kelley Bequest," ANSMN 23 (1978), pp. 40-41, cite two tetradrachms
which suggest that Antiochus may have begun striking the Zeus Nikephoros coinage concurrently with
the Zeus Ouranios type during his third reign, or that the latter may have been continued into the
king's fourth reign until they were replaced by the Zeus Nikephoros series. The evidence is insufficient
to provide a definitive resolution of the chronology of this period, and Newell's dates have been
provisionally retained.
10 Both Antiochus XI and Philip I occupied Cilicia during their struggle with Antiochus X Eusebes.
They presumably occupied Tarsus during this period, whether jointly or in succession is not known.
No coins of Tarsus have been identified with either ruler.
The two reigns of Antiochus X at Antioch are discussed by Bellinger, End of the Seleucids, pp. 73-74;
see also the introductory notes to the sections on Antiochus X and XI at Antioch.
II See Bellinger, End of the Seleucids, pp. 82-85, and the introductory note to the section on An-
tiochus XIII at Antioch for the interrupted reign of this king and the brief assumption of power by
Philip II.
NORTH CENTRAL REGlON
SYRIA SELEUCIS: ANTIOCH
From the date of its founding in 300 B.C. until its annexation by Pompey almost two
and a half centuries later, Antioch grew to become the single most important city of the
Seleucid Empire. The coinage of Antioch reflects the developing focal nature of the city
itself: from early beginnings of significant if not voluminous output, when the attention
of the early Seleucid kings remained predominantly fixed on the rich and densely populated
territories of Asia Minor, to its zenith as the Empire's capital under Antiochus IV (175-164
B.C.). With the exception of the Ptolemaic occupation of the city in 246-244 B.C., the
record of Antioch's coinage as a Seleucid mint is virtually continuous until the capture of
the city by Tigranes in the first century. The last known Seleucid issues of the city were
struck during the brief first reign of Antiochus XIII in 69/8-67/6 B.C.
SELEUCUS I
Obv. Laureate head of Apollo r.;
dotted border.
Rev. BAZIAEQZ ZEAEYKOY Athe-
na standing r., holding spear
and shield; to r., inverted
anchor.
1. JE / 7.04. WSM 911.
2. JE / 9.36. As 1.
3. JE f 8.03. Rev. no anchor. WSM 912.
4. JE I 6.86. Rev. no anchor; to 1., E;
to r., WSM 915.
5. JE - 5.73. Rev. to r., . WSM 920.
dotted border.

Rev. BA ZE Tripod.
6. JE f 2.17. WSM 917.
7. * j 2.14. As 6.
Obv. Head of Heracles in lion's skin
r.; dotted border.
Rev. BAZIAEQZ ZEAEYKOY Zeus
seated 1. on throne, holding
Nike and scepter; to 1., 2?;
dotted border.
Tetradrachm.
8. A / 16.83. Obv. die A7 and rev. mo-
nogram of WSM 923.
Obv. Winged head of Medusa r.;
dotted border.
Rev. BAZIAEQZ ZEAEYKOY Bull
charging r.; dotted border.
9. f 6.64. Rev. in exergue, E. WSM
925.
10. JE *- 5.34. Rev. above, .
11. JE J, 1.48. Rev. indistinguishable in-
scription (BA ZE?). See WSM
928, a bronze issue of similar
type.
Obv. Male figure, nude to waist,
seated 1. on rock, holding ankh
in r. hand and resting 1. hand
behind him; dotted border.
Rev. BAZIAEQZ ZEAEYKOY Horn-
ed head of elephant r.; in
exergue, E; dotted border.
12. JE / 7.37. WSM 929.
Obv. Macedonian shield.
Rev. BA ZE Elephant's head r.;
to 1., N; dotted border.
Hemiobo1.
13. JR 0.37. This coin has been at-
tributed to Antioch on the basis
of its obverse type, which is com-
mon to bronze issues of Seleucus I
and Antiochus I assigned with
Arthur Houghton Collection
certainty to this mint (WSM
930a-/3, both from the Antioch
excavations; WSM 942-48), and
the abbreviated form of inscrip-
tion, which was normally em-
ployed at Anlioch and other west-
ern mints for small coinage but
not in the east (see ESM 325, an
obol with the same reverse type
struck at Susa under Seleucus I,
but with a full inscription, sym-
bols and monogram).
Obv. As 13.
Rev. Z E Arrowhead; dotted bor-
der.
14. JR f 1.42. See WSM 956 and WSM
1134, bronze issues of Antiochus I
with an arrowhead as reverse type,
attributed by Newell to Antioch
and Apamea, respectively.
ANTIOCHUS I
Obv. Head of Heracles in lion's
skin r.; dotted border.
Rev. BAZIAEQZ ANTIOXOY Zeus

eagle and scepter; to 1., H
within wreath; between legs
of throne, P; dotted border.
Tetradrachm.
15. JR f 17.21. WSM 931.
dotted border.
Rev. BAZIAEQZ ANTIOXOY Tri-
pod; to 1., C; to r., 3;
dotted border.
16. JE *- 5.34. WSM 933.
17. JE / 1.54. Rev. BA AN; no mono-
grams. WSM 935.
Obv. Macedonian shield, inverted
anchor as center device.
Rev. BAZIAEQZ ANTIOXOY Horn-
ed elephant striding r.; dotted
border.
18. JE \ 5 21. Rev. beneath belly, O;
between hind legs, Z. WSM 944.
19. JE f 1.76. Rev. BA AN; no mono-
grams. WSM 945.
20. JE \ 1.56. As 19.
21. JE / 5.84. Rev. above, !*E and club;
below, jawbone. WSM 946.
22. JE / 6.46. As 21. Rev. counterstamp:
anchor within ovai.
Obv. Laureate head of Zeus r.;
dotted border.
Rev. BAZIAEQZ ANTIOXOY Thun-
derbolt; above, club and
r*E; below, jawbone; dotted
border.
23. JE f 5.65. WSM 949.
24. JE \ 1.47. Rev. BAZI ANTI.
Obv. As 16.
pod; to 1., bow; to r., !*E
and club; dotted border.
26. JE -* 5.82. Rev. counterstamp: anchor
within ovai. WSM 953.
26. JE \ 1.76. Rev. BAZI ANTI. WSM
954.
Syria Seleucis
30. JE -* 4.38. As 29.
31. JE \ 0.98. Rev. BAZI ANTI; no mo-
nograms; dotted border. WSM
964.
Obv. Diademed head of Antiochus
1.; dotted border.
Rev. BAZI ANTI Nude Apollo
seated r. on omphalos, holding
bow with both hands; to 1., P;
to r., 0.
32. JE \ 1.85. WSM 963.
33. JE \ 1.71. As 32.
ANTIOCHUS II
dotted border.
Rev. BAZIAEQZ ANTIOXOY Nude
Apollo seated 1. on omphalos,
holding arrow and resting 1.
elbow on lyre; to 1., EY; to r.,
M.
34. JE / 4.23. WSM 967.
36. JE f 4.45. As 34.
36. JE / 4.41. As 34.
r.; dotted border.

holding arrow and bow.
Tetradrachms.
37. JR f 16.45. Rev. to 1., AE ; to r., .
Obv. die of WSM 970-72. Rev.
monograms of WSM 971.
38. JR f 17.02. Rev. to 1., ft; to r., H.
Obv. die and rev. monograms of
WSM 980|3-e.
39. A \ 16.93. As 38. Obv. die of WSM
980P-n.
SELEUCUS II
Obv. Diademed head of Seleucus r.;
dotted border.
Rev. BAZIAEQZ ZEAEYKOY Nude
Apollo standing 1., holding
arrow and bow; to 1., .
Staters.
40. AI f 8.59. Obv. die and rev. monogram
of WSM 987. Houghton, Tarik
Darreh, p. 33, 4 (this coin).
41. N f 8.47. As 40.
Obv. As 40.
arrow and resting 1. elbow on
tripod; to 1., Y.
Tetra drachm.
42. JR f 17.13. NFA 2, 25 Mar. 1976, 285.
Dies of WSM 9886.
Obv. As 40, but without border.
Rev. Inscription and type as 40.
Staters.
43. X f 8.50. Rev. to 1., M; to r., M.
Obv. die of WSM 995. See WSM
991, a tetradrachm with the same
monograms.
44. N f 8.56. Obv. die of 43. Rev. to 1., P.
45. N j 8.51. Obv. die of 43. Rev. to r.,
EY. Leu 7, 9 May 1973, 269.
SNGCopSyria 109.
Obv. As 40.
Obv. As 40.
Stater.
60. M \ 8.57. Rev. die of 48. Dies of
WSM lOlOy; rev. die of WSM
1012(3, a stater. Houghton, Tarik
Obv. Head of Athena in Corinthian
helmet r.; dotted border.
Rev. BAZIAEQZ ZEAEYKOY Nike
standing 1., holding wreath
and palm branch; to 1., inver-
ted anchor.
51. JE / 7.14. WSM 1016.
dotted border.
Rev. BAZlAEQZ ZEAEYKOY Tri-
pod.
52. JE f 6.66. Rev. to 1., EY; to r., M.
WSM 1017.
53. JE f 7.26. Obv. counterstamp: lyre
and AAA (?) within ovai. Rev.
as 52.
54. JE f 7.07. Rev. to 1., 1. WSM 1023.
55. JE j 10.26. As 54.

SELEUCUS III
Obv. Diademed head of Seleucusr.;
dotted border.
Tetradrachms.
56. JR f 16.94. Rev. to I., . Leu-MuM,
3 Dec. 1965 (Niggeler), 461.
WSM 1024y (this coin).
57. JR / 16.77. Rev. to 1., <NK ; to r., X .
WSM 1027; Obv. die of Seyrig,
Triors 1.84.
Gold Octodrachm.
58. A'f 34.15. Rev. to 1., 1 ; to r., Y.
Obv. die of WSM 1029X-PP, 1030
(tetradrachms); rev. monograms
of WSM 1029. See 59-60, below,
tetradrachms which share the
same obverse die as 58. D. Cox,
"Gordian Hoards III, IV and
VII," ANSMN 12 (1966), p. 52,
4, and pi. XXI, cites another
octodrachm of Seleucus III whose
obverse die was later used to
strike tetradrachms at Antioch.
Tetradrachms.
59. JR f 16.98. Dies of 58. WSM 1029.
60. A j 17.04. Obv. die of 58. Rev. to
1., i above rose; to r., Dies
of WSM 10308.
Obv. Bust of Artemis r.; dotted
border.
Rev. Inscription and type as 56;
to 1., cac .
61. JE f 4.67. Rev. in exergue, fii WSM
1033.
62. JE f 4.57. Rev. in exergue, M.
dotted border.
to 1., 1.
63. JE f 2.50. WSM 1043.
Syria Seleucis
Obv. As 64.
to 1., above A .
Gold Octodrachm.
69. A! f 34.11. See WSM 1072, a tetra-
drachm with the same 1. field
monograms.
Obv. As 66.
arrow and resting 1. hand on
bow; to 1., above X .
70. JE f 1.35. WSM 1082 (where lower
monogram is rendered X ).
71. JE f 1.58. As 70.
Obv. As 64.
to L, .
Tetradrachm.
72. JR f 17.07. Obv. die and rev. mono-
gram of WSM 1089e-. Stern-
berg 10, 25 Nov. 1980,169.
Drachm.
73. AL f 4.03. Obv. die and rev. monogram
of WSM 1090b.

Obv. As 64.
Gold Octodrachm.
74. Al f 34.18. Rev. to 1., Am. Obv. die
style as WSM 1097.
Tetradrachm.
76. M f 16.73. Rev. to 1., 4" ; in exergue,
4> . Obv. die and rev. monograms
of WSM 1098.
Obv. As 66.
Rev. BAZIAEQZ ANTIOXOY Ele-
phant walking r., surmounted
by mahout; to L, tripod;
monograms indistinguishable.
76. JE f 9.38. Rev. counterstamp: horse's
head within square. See WSM
1197, a bronze issue of similar type.
Obv. As 66.
pod, beneath which Apollo
stands 1., holding arrow and
bow.
77. JE I 10.62. Rev. counterstamp: hor-
se's head within rectangle. G. Le
Rider, "Monnaies grecques re-
cemment acquises par le Cabinet
des Mddailles" RN 1961, p. 21,
16, has attributed coins of this
type to Antioch on technical and
stylistic grounds.
Obv. As 66.
Rev. BAZIAEQZANTIOXOY
phant walking 1.
78. JE f 2.87. WSM 1112.
Ele-
Obv. As 64.
Tetradrachms.
79. JR f 16.78. Rev. to 1., bow within
quiver. Obv. die of WSM 1119;
rev. symbol of WSM 1116.
80. M / 16.96. Rev. to 1., inverted anchor.
Dies of WSM 11230 andy.
86. JE f 10.54. Rev. to 1., *; serrated
edge.
86. JE f 8.55. Rev. to 1., above W;
serrated edge. SNGFiiz 5601.
Obv. As 84.
monograms or symbol, if any,
indistinguishable; dotted bor-
der.
87. JE f 2.73. Serrated edge. BMC, p.
32, 25.
Obv. Diademed head of Dionysus
r., thyrsos behind shoulder;
to 1., 4: dotted border.
Rev. BAZIAEQZ ZEAEYKOY Prow
of galley 1.; above, ; dotted
border.
88. JE / 6.93. Serrated edge.
89. JE f 8.21. Obv. to 1., Nt. Rev. r\P
above prow; serrated edge.
Obv. Veiled female bust r.; dotted
border.
Rev. BAZIAEQZ ZEAEYKOY Ele-
phant's head 1.
90. JE f 3.43. Serrated edge. Babelon

505-7.
ANTIOCHUS, SON OF SELEUCUS IV
Obv. Jugate busts of Laodice and
Antiochus r.; fillet border.
holding arrow and bow; to 1.,
tripod; in exergue, partly off
flan, TT(?).
Gold Octodrachm.
91. N f 34.18 Obv. die of octodrachm cited
by Merkholm, Accession, p. 76, n.
33.
r.; fillet border.
Tetradrachms.
92. A f 17.11. Rev. in exergue, l-P. Dies
A2-P6 (Merkholm, Accession, p.
65, 2).
93. A f 16.90. Rev. in exergue, A. Obv.
die Al (Merkholm, Accession, p.
65, 6).
Drachm.
94. JR \ 4.17. Obv. dotted border. Rev.
as 93. Dies al-p2 (Merkholm,
Accession, p. 66, 7). J. Schulman,
26 Apr. 1976, 5174.
95. A \ 4.24. Obv. die of 94. Rev. as 94.
Said to be from the Ma'aret en-
Numan Hoard (CH 6, 37 "Syria";
CH 7, 97).
Tetradrachm.
96. JR f 17.00. Rev. in exergue, Pi. Obv.
die Al (Merkholm, Accession,
p. 66, 8).
ANTIOCHUS IV
r.; fillet border.
tripod; to r., kithara; in exer-
Syria Seleucis
Obv. As 97.
Rev. Inscription as 99. Nude Apol-
lo seated 1. on omphalos, hold-
ing arrow and bow.
Drachms.
100. JR f 4.06. Bonham's 2, 23 Sep. 1980,
109. Obv. die a2 (Merkholm,
Studies, p. 13, 8). Said to be from
the Ma'aret en-Numan Hoard
(CH 6, 37 "Syria"; CH 7, 97).
101. JR f 4.22. As 100. Obv. die of 100.
CH 7, 97).
Obv. Diademed, radiate head of
Antiochus r., dotted border.
Rev. Inscription as 99. Outspread
aegis, Medusa's head in center.
Hemidrachm.
102. JR f 1.88. Dies ai-pi (Merkholm,
Studies, p. 14, 10).
103. JE / 4.03.
Obv. As 97.
Tetradrachms.

104. JR f 16.63 Rev. in exergue, ^. Obv. die
A16 (Merkholm, Studies, p. 15,
12).
105. JR f 16.57. Rev. in exergue, IZ. Obv.
die A19 (Merkholm, Studies, p.
16,13). HLR 30 (this coin).
fillet border.
Rev. BAZIAEQZ ANTIOXOY 9EOY
ETTIOANOYZ NIKHOOPOY
Type as 99.
Tetradrachms.
106. JR f 16.67. Dies A21-P90 (Merkholm,
Studies, p. 24, 14). Hess-Leu 45,
12 May 1970, 339; Naville, 14
Mar. 1921 (Pozzi), 2963 (weight
given as 16.46).
107. JR f 16.73. As 106. Said to be from
the Ma'aret en-Numan Hoard
(CH 6, 37 "Syria"; CH 7, 97).
Obv. As 97.
Tetradrachms.
108. JR f 16.63. Rev. to 1.,*. Obv. dieA28
(Merkholm, Studies, p. 26, 16).
109. JR f 16.22. Rev. to 1., H. Dies
A53-P204 (Merkholm, Studies,
p. 29, 22).
fillet border.
Rev. Inscription as 106. Draped
Apollo standing r., holding
kithara and patera.
Tetradrachms.
110. JR f 16.77. Obv. die A54 (Merkholm,
Studies, p. 30, 24). Said to be
from the Ma'aret en-Numan
Hoard (CH 6, 37 "Syria"; CH 7,
97). Overstruck on an indistin-
guishable undertype.
111. JR f 16.16. Obv. die A55 (Merk-
holm, Studies, p. 30, 24).
Obv. Veiled female bust r.; dotted
66), pp. 9-10, suggests that the bronze
coinage of Antiochus IV with galley's
prow and the monogram %f may have
been issued at Seleucia Pieria.
to 1., 4; dotted border.
Apollo seated 1. on omphalos
aphlaston; dotted border.
115. f 2.89. Rev. in exergue, A ( = 4^ ?);
serrated edge.
116. JE / 2.52. Rev. in exergue, AB; ser-
rated edge.
Obv. Laureate head of Zeus-Serapis
r.; dotted border.
Rev. Inscription as 99. Eagle
standing r. on thunderbolt.
117. JE f 70.40. Rev. O and A of ETTI-
OANOYZ conjoined. SMA 58.
118. JE f 34.53. SMA 59.
119. JE j 38.34. As 118.
120. JE j 36.79. As 118.
Obv. Head of Isis wearing corn
wreath r.; dotted border.

Rev. As 117.
121. JE / 18.34. SMA 60.
122. JE / 18.60. As 121.
Antiochus r.; dotted border.
Rev. As 121.
123. JE f 10.09. SMA 61.
Obv. As 123.
Rev. Inscription as 99. Zeus stand-
ing 1., holding thunderbolt
and scepter; in outer 1. field,
t (?); in inner field, at Zeus's
feet, eagle 1., head reverted.
124. f 6.09.
125. JE j 6.77. Rev. outer 1. field mono-
gram, if any, indistinguishable.
Obv. As 123.
Rev. Inscription as 99. Nude Apol-
lo standing r., drawing bow.
126. JE f 5.19.
127. JE / 3.49. As 126.
128. JE / 4.23. As 126, but of cruder style.
Nos. 126-28 are said to be from Leba-
non. The recorded provenance of coins
of the above type, including half-units,
between Cilicia and Palestine tends to
support Newell's judgement that they
were struck at Antioch (SMA, p. 24).
Obv. As 121.
Rev. ANTIOXEQN TON nPOZ
AAONHI Zeus standing fa-
cing, head 1., holding wreath.
129. JE f 9.14. Rev. to 1., ft; to r., AB.
Babelon 628-30.
130. JE 1 9.06. Rev. to 1., ft; to r., AB;
in exergue, AMP (144 S.E. =
169/8 B.C.).
131. JE f 8.22. Rev. to 1., ft .
132. JE j 4.73. Rev. to 1., tripod above
indistinguishable monogram.
133. JE f 3.75. Rev. monograms or sym-
bol, if any, indistinguishable.
ANTIOCHUS V
Syria Seleucis
octodrachm in Berlin, struck from
the same die: T. Fischer, "Die
Berliner Goldmunze, des Seleu-
kiden Antiochos V (164-162 v.
Chr.)," SM 21 (1971), pp. 37-39.
CH 7, 97).
140. A / 16.53. Rev. to 1., f ;in exergue,
L (probably A).
141. A / 16.61. As 140, but exergue mo-
nogram is clearly A .
142. A f 17.01. Obv. die of 141. Rev. to 1.,
Nos. 140-42 are said to be from the
Ma'aret en-Numan hoard (CH 6, 37
"Syria"; CH 7, 97).
Nos. 14042 have been collocated with
tetradrachms of Antioch because they
share monograms with other coins more
securely attributed to this mint ( A with
139; W with SMA 82, of Demetrius I).
However, they do not follow the con-
vention predominantly employed on the
last Antiochene issues of Antiochus IV
through the first series of Demetrius I

of placing a single monogram in the 1.
field, and they differ stylistically from
the broad run of Antiochus V's coinage
at Antioch. They therefore may have
been struck at another mint.
DEMETRIUS I
Obv. Diademed, lightly bearded
head of Demetrius r.; laurel
wreath border.
Rev. BAZIAEQZ AHMHTPIOY
Tyche, nude to waist, seated 1.
on throne, holding scepter and
cornucopiae; to 1., Fl .
Tetradrachms.
143. A / 16.60. Rev. type of SMA 79;
rev. monogram of SMA 81.
Rev. Inscription as 143; Tyche is
fully clothed.
144. A / 16.17. Rev. to 1. PI. SMA 82.
Obv. King's portrait is unbearded.
145. A f 16.59. Rev. in exergue, ZA.
146. A f 16.73. Rev. King's name has
been recut. SMA 89.
147. A f 16.37. Rev. to 1., A* . SMA 90.
The style of 146-47 differs from that
of other issues of Demetrius struck at
Antioch. They may have been issued
by another mint.
Obv. As 145.
ZQTHPOZ Type as 144.
148. A f 16.79. Rev. to 1., M. SMA 100.
149. A / 16.78. Rev. to 1., PJ ( = W?); in
exergue, HNP (158 S.E. = 155/4
B.C.).
150. A f 17.01. Rev. to 1., FJ above/W; in
exergue HNP (158 S.E. = 155/4
B.C.). Obv die and rev. mono-
grams of SMA 103.
151. A / 16.83. Rev. to 1., W above AI;
in exergue, HNP (158 S.E. =
155/4 B.C.).
152. A \ 16.59. Rev. to 1., W above HP;
10
Tetradrachm.
158. JR / 16.62. Obv. die of SMA 118, pi.
6; rev. monograms of SMA 117.
Obv. As 155.
to r., R A above AEP (161
S.E. = 152/1 B.C.).
Drachm.
159. JR f 4.06. SMA 120.
Obv. As 145.
Rev. Inscription, type and date as
158; to 1., W above JH.
Tetradrachm.
160. JR f 16.57. Auctiones 12,29Sep. 1981,
141. SMA 118.
Obv. As 155.
Drachms.
161. JR / 4.11. Rev. to r., W/M above
AEP (161 S.E. = 152/1 B.C.).
Obv. die of 159. SMA 121.
162. JR f 4.02. As 161.
163. JR j 4.07. i?7. to r., above A EP
(161 S.E. = 152/1 B.C.). SMA
126.

Obv. As 145.
to 1., W; in exergue, B EP (162
S.E. = 151/0 B.C.).
Gold Octodrachm.
164. N / 34.27. Obv. die as 160. Dies of
M. Comstock and C. Vermeule,
Greek Coins, 1950 to 1963 (Boston,
1964), no. 277. The use of worn
tetradrachm dies for Demetrius's
known octodrachms (see also 991,
Seuleucia on the Tigris) suggests
an interim measure pending the
definition and execution of new
die designs for the special gold
issues of the type of 165-66,
below.
Obv. Tyche seated 1. on throne,
holding scepter and cornu-
copiae; dotted border.
Rev. Inscription as 148. Double
cornucopiae bound with fillet;
dotted border.
Gold 2 1/2 staters.
165. A f 21.16. Obv. to 1., B/ ; Rev. to 1,.
\R above (-P; to r., B EP (162
S.E. = 151/0 B.C.). MuM 41, 18
Jun. 1970, 292. See SMA 128;
Schlessinger 13, 4 Feb. 1935,
1452, for other gold 2 1/2 staters
with different monograms.
Gold Distater.
166. Al f 17.14. Obv. to 1., B; Rev. to 1.
above ZA; to r., B EP (162
S.E. = 151/0 B.C.). Vinchon,
15 Nov. 1965, 289. See SMA 128,
a gold 2 1/2 stater with the mo-
nogram ZA; SMA 129, a gold
distater with different mono-
grams.
Obv. As 155.
to r., Flfa (= FJft) above
Syria Seleucis
11
Obv. As 169.
Nude Apollo standing 1., hold-
ing arrow and bow.
171. JE f 2.47. Babelon 732; SNGCop-
Syria 243.
Obv. Horse's head 1.; dotted bor-
der.
Rev. BAZIAEQZ AHMHTPIOY Ele-
phant's head r.
172. JE / 3.39. Serrated edge. Babelon
733; SNGCopSijria 242.
ALEXANDER I BALAS
The general arrangement of SMA,
which places dated coins before undated
ones, has been followed in this section.
However, at least some of Alexander's
undated tetradrachms of Antioch were
struck concurrently with his dated issues.
(See A. Houghton, "A Tetradrachm of
Seleucia Pieria at the Getty Museum:
An Archaizing Zeus and the Accession of
Alexander Balas in Northern Syria," J.
Paul Getty Museum Journal 10 [1982],
p. 158, n. 20; see also 181, whose obverse

was struck earlier than, but from the
same die as 174).
Obv. Diademed head of Alexander
r.; dotted border.
Rev. BAZIAEQZ AAEEANAPOY
9E0TTATOPOZ EYEPTETOY
Nude Apollo seated 1. on om-
phalos, holding arrow and
bow; to 1., cornucopiae; in
exergue, TEP (163 S.E. =
150/9 B.C.).
Drachm.
173. A f 4.21. SMA 138.
Obv. Type as 173; fillet border.
Rev. Inscription as 173. Zeus seated
1. on throne, holding Nike and
scepter; to 1., cornucopiae.
Tetradrachms.
174. A f 16.37. Rev. in exergue, T EP
(163 S.E. = 150/9 B.C.), A.
Obv. die of SAfA 135; rev. mono-
grams of SMA 140 (drachm).
175. AZ / 16.63. Rev. to 1., Z below cornu-
copiae; in exergue, V EP (163
S.E. = 150/9 B.C.).
Obv. As 173.
Rev. ANTIOXEQN Zeus standing
facing, head 1., holding
wreath; to 1., M; to r., TEP
(163 S.E. = 150/9 B.C.).
176. J E \ 7.97. Babelon 909-11.
Obv. As 174.
Tetradrachms.
177. A f 16.45. Rev. to 1., A ; in exergue,
A EP (164 S.E. = 149/8 B.C.),
Ifl.
178. A f 16.32. Obv. die of 177. Rev. to 1.,
A ;in exergue, A EP (164 S.E. =
149/8 B.C.), I?l .
179. A f 16.66. Rev. to L, A ; in exergue,
E EP (165 S.E. = 148/7 B.C.),
I$l . Obv. die of SMA 151; rev.
12
189. A f 4.02. Rev. in exergue W, Pf.
190. A j 4.03. i?ei>. in outer 1. field, n;
in inner 1. field, ^.
191. A f 3.90. .Rep. in exergue, ft H" (?).
192. A I 4.11. .Rep. in exergue, .
Ofcw. Diademed, radiate head of
Alexander r.; dotted border.
ing arrow and resting 1. hand
on bow.
Hemidrachm.
193. A f 1.90. SMA 193.
Obv. Type as 173.
Rev. BAZIAEfiZ AAEEANAPOY
Type as 173; monograms or
symbol, if any, indistinguish-
able.
194. JE f 7.78. Serrated edge. Assigned to
Antioch on the basis of style,
seated Apollo reverse, and ser-
rated edge. The attribution is
tentative.
Obv. As 193.

Athena standing 1., holding
Nike in r. hand and resting 1.
on shield; to 1., K above star
above A.
195. JE f 7.78. BMC, p. 54, 38; Babelon
833-34 (both render upper mono-
gram as tt).
Obv. As 193.
Prow of galley 1.
196. JE f 3.92. Serrated edge. Babelon 852.
197. JE f 3.96. Rev. to r., -tf .
Obv. Elephant's head r.; dotted
border.
Eagle, wings outspread,
standing 1.; to 1., 4^ above
club.
198. JE f 3.58. Serrated edge. See Waage,
p. 14, 143, for a bronze issue of
similar type with PB (?) to 1.
Obv. Head of Dionysus wearing
ivy wreath diadem r.; dotted
border.
Tyche standing 1., r. hand on
tiller and holding cornucopiae
with 1. arm; to 1., A (=
A ?) above aphlaston.
199. JE f 5.83. Serrated edge. BMC, p.
84, 34; SNGCopSyria 373 (both
"Alexander II Zabinas"). Bronze
coins with serrated edges do not
appear to have been struck later
than the reign of Antiochus VI,
and the modeling and style of this
coin are closer to those of Deme-
trius I and Alexander I than to
issues of Alexander II. Its Diony-
siac obverse (see also 205-6,
below), moreover, fits more easily
into the allegorical types of the
first Alexander than the more
Syria Seleucis
13
202. JE f 6.00. Rev. in inner 1. field, ^;
in exergue, A. SNGCopSyria
265. From Lebanon.
203. JE \ 6.59. Rev. in inner 1. field, B; in
exergue, Pi. Babelon 860; SNG-
CopSyria 264. From Lebanon.
Brett, Ake-Ptolemais, p. 30, attributes
coins of the type of 201-3, including
those with the monogram fo, to Antioch;
H. Seyrig, "Trdsor mondtaire de Nisibe,"
RN 1955, p. 95, 96, prefers Ake-Ptole-
mais. The style and provenance of such
issues indicate an attribution to the for-
mer mint (See Waage, Antioch, p. 14,
155).
Obv. Head of Alexander as Alexan-
der the Great, in lion's skin r.;
dotted border.
ing arrow and resting 1. hand
on bow; to r., .
204. JE 1 4.27. Babelon 810-11; SNGCop-
Syria 262.
Obv. Type as 199.

Elephant walking 1.; to r.,
205. JE f 2.49. Rev. beneath belly,
BMC, p. 56,57-58; SNGCopSyria
266.
206. JE / 1.12. Rev. in exergue, A.
Obv. Outspread aegis, Medusa's
head in center; dotted border.
Pegasus flying r.; between
legs, A.
207. JE f 1.84. See Babelon 868-70 for
bronze issues of similar type.
208. JE / 1.64. As 207.
POSTHUMOUS COINAGE OF ANTI-
OCHUS IV
IV r.; fillet border.
Rev. BAZIAEQZ ANTIOXOY ETTI-
OANOYZ Zeus seated 1. on
throne, holding Nike and
scepter.
Tetradrachms.
209. JR f 15.91. Rev. in exergue, IEP (167
S.E. = 146/5 B.C.), A) . Obv. die
Al of Morkholm, Posthumous Is-
sue, p. 26.
210. A f 16.46. Obv. die of 209. Rev. in
exergue, I EP (167 S.E. = 146/5
B.C.), 0> ( = A ?).
211. JR f 16.64. Rev. in exergue, Z (recut
from I) EP (167 S.E. = 146/5
B.C.) ^ . 06p.dieA2of Merkholm
Posthumous Issue, p. 26, 5, where
the exergue monogram is X.
Obv. Type as 209; dotted border.
Rev. Inscription as 209. Nude
Apollo seated 1. on omphalos
holding arrow and bow; in
exergue, 9.
Drachms.
212. JR / 3.75. Obv. die A2 and rev. mono-
grams of Morkholm, Posthumous
14
dotted border.
Rev. Inscription as 214. Tripod;
in exergue, I EP (167 S.E. =
146/5 B.C.), to upper 1. of
which, ZI.
216. JE f 8.90.
Obv. Type as 214; laurel wreath
border.
in outer 1. field, palm branch;
in inner 1. field, W; in exergue,
H EP (168 S.E. = 145/4 B.C.).
Tetradrachms.
217. A f 16.37. Rev. between legs, I.
HLR 147 (this coin).
218. A f 16.22. Rev. between legs, W.
G. Hirsch, 11 Dec. 1967, 2227.
219. A f 16.42. Rev. between legs, H.
SMA 209.
220. A f 16.53. Rev. between legs, X .
De Clercq 144; see SMA 215, a
drachm with the same mono-
grams.
Obv. As 214; dotted border.

Rev. As 214; in outer 1. field, star;
in inner 1. field, W; between
legs, A; in exergue, H EP
(168 S.E. = 145/4 B.C.).
Drachm.
221. A f 4.13. SMA 211.
Obv. As 216.
in inner 1. field, ;in exergue,
H EP (168 S.E. = 145/4 B.C.).
222. JE f 6.00.
Obv. As 221.
Drachms.
223. A f 3.86. Rev. to 1., star; in exergue,
W W (or W).
224. A f 3.93. Rev. in inner 1. field, 1=1;
between legs, AP ; other mono-
grams or date, if any, off flan.
dotted border.
225. JE f 14.53. Rev. in exergue, 41.
BMC, p. 61, 29.
226. JE f 11.04. Rev. in exergue, Pfl and
star. BMC, p. 61, 30.
227. JE / 12.25. Rev. in exergue, ffl R ,
BMC, p. 61, 32.
Obv. As 215.
in exergue, ^ Pi.
JE / 6.60.
Obv. As 225.
Rev. Inscription as 214. Athena-
Nike standing 1., holding Nike
and spear and resting 1. hand
on shield.
229. JE f 10.52. Rev. to 1., above A.
See Babelon 1225, SNGFitz 5770,
a bronze issue of similar type
with the same upper monogram;
also see BMC, p. 62, 33-37 for
other bronze issues of this type.
Syria Seleucis
15
ANTIOCHUS VI
OANOYZ AIONYZOY Mount-
ed Dioscuri galloping L; to r.,
TPY above f\P above ZTA;
beneath horses, 9EP (169 S.E.
= 144/3 B.C.); wreath border
of lotus and ivy leaves and
wheat ears.
Tetradrachm.
232. JR f 16.78. SMA 229.
holding arrow and bow;
between legs, X; in exergue,
0EP (169 S.E. = 144/3 B.C.),
ZTA.
Drachm.
233. JR f 4.12. SMA 237 (where form of
monogram between legs is X ).
Obv. As 232.

to r., TPY above ffl (234) or <J>
(235) or A (236) above ZTA;
beneath horses, OP (170 S.E.
= 143/2 B.C.).
Tetradrachms.
234. JR f 16.62. SMA 240.
235. JR j 16.61. SMA 244.
236. JR j 16.85. SMA 245.
Obv. As 233.
between legs, 1AP (237) or X
(238); in exergue, OP (170
S.E. = 143/2 B.C.), ZTA.
Drachms.
237. JR f 4.18. SMA 247.
238. JR f 4.33. SMA 248.
Obv. As 233.
arrow and resting 1. hand on
bow.
Hemidrachm.
JR / 1.74. SMA 251.
Obv. As 233.
Rev. Inscription as 232. Panther 1.,
r. foreleg raised; in exergue,
A (?).
Hemidrachm.
240. JR / 1.93. See SMA 252, hemidrachm
of same type with different
monogram.
Obv. As 233.
Rev. Inscription as 232. Panther
1., holding palm branch in
mouth; above, ZTA; to r.,
cornucopiae.
241. JE / 3.24. See SMA, p. 70, fig. 9.
Obv. As 233.
Rev. Inscription as 232. Macedo-
nian helmet with spike, cheek
pieces and ibex horn r.;
between spike and horn, TPY;
to lower r., |f|.
16
Obv. As 233.
arrow in r. hand and resting 1.
elbow on tripod; monograms,
if any, off flan.
246. JE f 8.59. Serrated edge. See BMC,
p. 66, 39-10; Babelon 1014-16 for
bronze issues of similar type.
247. JE f 7.67. Serrated edge.
Obv. As 233.
Rev. Inscription as 232. Elephant
walking 1., holding torch with
trunk; to r., ZTA above
cornucopiae (248) or star
(249-50).
248. JE / 7.30. Serrated edge. BMC, p. 67,
45-46; Babelon 1007.
249. JE / 7.52. Serrated edge. BMC, p. 67,
47-48; Babelon 1011.
250. JE \ 8.60. As 249.
Obv. As 233.
Rev. Inscription as 232. Nike
and palm branch; to 1., A

above A (?).
251. JE f 4.07. Serrated edge. See BMC,
p. 66, 41; Babelon 1036, bronze
issues of the same type without
monograms.
Obv. As 233.
Rev. Inscription as 232. Horse 1.,
r. foreleg raised; to r., A.
252. JE / 3.15. Serrated edge. Babelon,
1037-39.
253. JE f 2.87. As 252.
TRYPHON
Obv. Diademed head of Tryphon r.;
fillet border.
Rev. BAZIAEQZ TPYOQNOZ AY
TOKPATOPOZ Macedonian
helmet with spike, cheek
pieces and ibex horn r.; to 1.,
rfi (254) or Fl (256-57) or no
monogram (255); no border
(254) or laurel wreath border
(255-57).
Tetradrachms.
254. JR f 15.71.
255. JR j 16.29. Seyrig, Notes, p. 22, 1.
256. JR j 16.09. Seyrig, Notes, p. 22, 2.
257. JR j 15.87. Rev. beneath helmet, A T;
Seyrig, Notes, p. 22, 5 (obv. die
of pi. I, 15).
Drachm.
258. JR f 4.24. Rev. to 1., TT. Seyrig, Notes,
p. 22, 17.
259. JE f 6.04. Rev. to 1., caps of Dioscuri.
Seyrig, Notes, p. 23, 21.
260. JE / 1.90. As 259.
261. JE f 6.43. Rev. to 1., star. Seyrig,
Notes, p. 23, 23.
262. JE / 6.01. Rev. to 1., AS. Seyrig,
Notes, p. 23, 26.
263. JE / 5.92. Rev. to 1., AZK. Seyrig,
Notes, p. 23, 27.
Syria Seleucis
17
271. A f 4.11. Obv. to L. star; rev. toi.,
above Pi. Kastner 6, 26 Nov.
1974,190. See SNGCopSyria 319,
a drachm with the same obverse
symbol and with a similar upper
monogram on the reverse. The
attribution of 271 to Antioch is
tentative. An alternative possi-
bility is a northern Syrian or
Cilician mint.
Obv. Prow of galley r.; dotted
border.
Rev. Inscription as 264. Trident;
to 1., AOP (174 S.E. =
139/8 B.C.).
272. JE f 10.17. Rev. to 1., M . BMC, p.
73, 46; Babelon 1062.
273. JE *- 8.19. Obv. above prow, Dioscuri
caps. Rev. in outer 1. field, A>.; in
inner 1. field, club.
274. JE <- 12.46. Obv. as 273. Rev. as 273,
but to r., palm branch. Babelon
1064.
Obv. Winged bust of Eros r.; dot-
ted border.
dress.

Rev. Inscription as 264. Isis head-
275. JE / 6.97. Rev. below, crescent above
AOP (174 S.E. = 139/8 B.C.).
BMC, p. 73, 49.
276. JE f 6.12. Rev. below, club above
AOP (174 S.E. = 139/8 B.C.).
277. JE / 5.84. Rev. L field, monogram, if
any, off flan; below, aphlaston
above EOP (175 S.E. = 138/7
B.C.). See SNGCopSyria 323 for
bronze of similar type, with same
symbol and date; BMC, p. 74,
62, a bronze of uncertain date
with symbol aphlaston.
278. JE f 6.27. Rev. to 1., A; below, palm
branch; date off flan.
279. JE f 4.02. Rev. inscription retrograde;
monogram, symbol or date, if
any, indistinguishable.
Obv. Lion's head r.; dotted border.
Rev. Inscription as 264. Club.
280. JE <- 2.73. Rev. to 1., A above aphlas-
ton; below EOP (175 S.E. =
138/7 B.C.). BMC, p. 75, 67;
Babelon 1095.
281. JE *- 3.02. Rev. to 1., A above aphlas-
ton; below, retrograde IO P (177
S.E. = 136/5 B.C.). See BMC,
p. 75, 68.
282. JE *- 2.89. Rev. to 1., A; below, IOP
(177 S.E. = 136/5 B.C.).
283. JE -> 2.38. Rev. to 1., ^ above cornu-
copiae; below, 9OP? (179 S.E.
= 134/3 B.C.).
Obv. Prow of galley 1.; dotted
border.
Rev. BAZIAEQZ ANTIOXOY Dios-
curi caps.
284. JE f 1.35. Rev. below, 4.
285. JE j 1.31. BMC, p. 75, 70; Babelon
1168.
DEMETRIUS II SECOND REIGN
18
Ptolemais. The horn did not appear un-
til after the king's portrait at Antioch
had changed from smooth to curly hair
(upon the transfer of a die engraver:
see Houghton, Second Reign, p. 116).
The horn also occurs on Demetrius's
later issues at Tarsus and Mallus (q.v.).
dotted border.
standing L, holding wreath
and palm branch; to 1., E.
291. JE / 5.24. SNGCopSyria 349; Waage,
p. 18,194.
Obv. Laureate head of Artemis r.;
dotted border.
below, ATTP (184 S.E. =
129/8 B.C.).
292. JE J 3.10. See Babelon 1193 for a
bronze issue of similar type and
date with the monogram A.
Rev. BAZIAEQZ AHMHTPIOY Tri-
pod; to r., M; below ZT (?)
293. JE f 2.18.

Obv. Eagle, wings outspread,
standing r.; dotted border.
Rev. Inscription as 286. Thunder-
bolt.
294. JE <- 3.32. Rev. to 1., E.
295. JE f 2.96. Rev. monogram off flan.
Waage, p. 18, 195, suggests an attri-
bution to Seleucia Pieria for the above
issue; S. Ben-Dor also proposes an at-
tribution to Seleucia, but during De-
metrius's First Reign: "Some New Seleu-
cid Coins," PEQ 1948, pp. 59-61. The
monogram E, however, strongly in-
dicates its issuance at Antioch.
ALEXANDER II ZABINAS
r., fillet border.
Zeus seated 1. on throne,
holding Nike and scepter; to
1., Ill; beneath throne, star
above A (296) or Z (297) or
A (298).
Tetra drachms.
296. JR f 16.72. E. Button 110, 9 Oct.
1964, 808; E. Button 107, 1 Jan.
1963,779. SMA 327.
297. JR / 16.59. Rev. Z rendered E. SMA
329.
298. JR / 16.59.
Dionysus standing 1., holding
kantharos and scepter; outer 1.
field monogram or symbol
if any, off flan; in inner 1.
field, ATTP (184 S.E. = 129/8
B.C.).
299. JE f 6.39. See BMC, p. 82, 12; Babe-
lon 1261-67 for bronze issues of
the same type.
Obv. Winged bust of Eros r.; dotted
border.
Sykia Seleucis
19
Obv. As 296.
Nike with r. hand, spear with
1. arm, and resting 1. hand on
shield; to 1., W3 above A (303)
or Z (304).
Drachms.
303. JR f 4.09. SMA 336.
304. JR \ 4.05. MuM 41, 18 Jun. 1970,
298. SMA 337.
Obv. As 296.
to 1., r*T; beneath throne, A.
Tetradrachm.
305. JR / 16.56. SMA 339.
Obv. As 299.
Double cornucopiae bound
with fillet.
Drachm.
306. JR / 3.94. Rev. to 1., Pf above A.
Auctiones 4, 26 Nov. 1974, 173;
Leu-MuM, 3 Dec. 1965 (Niggeler),
472. Jameson 1741 (this coin);

SMA 342 (this coin).
307. JE f 8.83. Rev. to 1., A above club;
to r., TT. Babelon 1307; SNG-
CopSgria 368.
Obv. Prow of galley r.; above,
Dioscuri caps; dotted border.
Tripod holding palm branch-
es; to 1., A above club; to r., TT.
308. JE f 4.17. See BMC, p. 84, 31; Babe-
lon 1333-34 for bronze issues of
similar type with different sym-
bols or monograms.
Obv. As 299.
Nike standing 1., holding
wreath and palm branch; to 1.,
Kf above A.
Hemidrachm.
309. JR / 2.03. De Clercq 224.
Obv. Head of Alexander in lion's
to 1., H* above aphlaston.
310. JE J 5.89. See BMC, p. 83, 26-27
for bronze issues of similar type.
Obv. As 296.
to 1., E; beneath throne, Z.
Tetradrachm.
311. JR j 16.58. Obv. die of SMA 347, pi.
10; rev. monograms of SMA 348.
Alexander r.; dotted border.
Nike and spear; shield at feet.
312. JE J 9.59. Rev. to 1., I above aphlas-
ton (?) BMC, p. 83, 17-18.
313. JE f 7.17. Rev. to 1., E above palm
branch.
Obv. Head of Alexander in ele-
phant's skin r.; dotted border.
20
Arthub Houghton Collection
CLEOPATRA THEA AND ANTIO-
CHUS VIII
Obv. Jugate busts of Cleopatra,
diademed and wearing stepha-
ne and veil, and Antiochus,
diademed, r.; dotted border.
Rev. BAZIAIZZHZ KAEOTTATPAZ
0EAZ KAI BAZIAEQZ AN-
TIOXOY Zeus seated 1. on
scepter; to 1., IE; beneath
throne, A.
Tetra drachm.
316. /R f 16.57. SMA 360.
Rev. Inscription as 316. Owl
perched on overturned am-
phora.
317. JE f 6.18. Rev. to r., IE; below, 9P
(190 S.E. = 123/2 B.C.) and
aphlaston. BMC, p. 87, 13.
318. JE f 5.85. Rev. below amphora, ASP
(191 S.E. = 122/1 B.C.) and
aphlaston; other symbols or mo-

nograms, if any, indistinguishable.
See Babelon 1353-54 for bronze
issues of similar type with the
same date.
319. JE f 6.35. As 318.
Obv. Diademed female bust wearing
kalathos r.; dotted border.
Rev. Inscription as 316. Tiller on
pedestal; to 1., IE above A9P
(191 S.E. = 121/1 B.C.).
320. JE f 2.93. Rev. below, aphlaston.
BMC, p. 87, 16-17; Babelon
1355-56.
321. JE f 3.48. Rev. below, palm branch.
ANTIOCHUS VIII FIRST REIGN
The coins of Antiochus VIII and
Antiochus IX are arranged in accordance
with the sequence proposed by Newell,
SMA, pp. 92-110, except as indicated.
However, see H. Troxell and N. Wag-
goner, "The Robert F. Kelley Bequest."
ANSMN 23 (1978), pp. 40-41, regarding
the possibility that certain coins segre-
gated by Newell into Antiochus VIII's
third and fourth reigns were struck
concurrently at Antioch.
r.; fillet border.
OANOYZ Zeus, crescent a-
bove head, standing 1., holding
star and scepter; to 1., IE
above A; to r.,- N; laurel
wreath border.
Tetradrachm.
322. JR f 16.62. SMA 367.
Rev. Inscription as 322. Eagle
standing 1., scepter behind r.
shoulder.
323. JE f 5.80. Rev. in outer 1. field, IE;
to lower 1., Bkf (BSP (?), 192
Syria Seleucis
21
ANTIOCHUS IX FIRST REIGN
Obv. Diademed, bearded head of
Rev. BAZIAEQZ ANTIOXOY OIA-
OTTATOPOZ Athena stand-
ing 1., holding Nike and spear,
and resting 1. hand on shield;
to 1., "R above A; to r., A (329)
or A (330) or O (331); laurel
wreath border.
Tetradrachms.
329. /R f 16.72. SMA 382.
330. & j 16.58.
331. A j 16.64. SMA 385.
Rev. Inscription as 329. Winged
thunderbolt.
332. JE f 5.82. Rev. in outer 1. field IZI
(? placed sideways) above aphlas-
ton; in inner 1. field, 0S P (199 S.E.
= 114/3 B.C.). See BMC, p. 92,
16, where monogram is rendered
H . SMA, p. 97, fig. 22.
333. JE f 5.21. Rev. as 332, but symbol in
outer 1. field is indistinguishable.

334. JE f 5.06. Rev. outer 1. field mono-
grams indistinguishable; in inner
1. field, B (?).
ANTIOCHUS IX SECOND REIGN
Obv. As 329.
to 1., "M above A; to r., T.
Tetradrachm.
335. & f 15.78. Obv. die and rev. mono-
grams of SMA 386, pi. 11.
ANTIOCHUS VIII THIRD REIGN
r.; fillet border.
OANOYZ Zeus, crescent
above head, standing 1., hold-
ing star and scepter; to 1., #
above A; to r., A.
Tetradrachm.
336. JR f 16.58. SMA 388.
to 1., & above T.
Drachm.
337. A f 3.87. SMA 391.
Obv. As 337.
walking 1. holding wreath and
palm branch; to 1., ^ above
A (338) or T (339).
Hemidrachms.
338. M f 2.13. See SMA 395, a diobol with
the same monograms.
339. JR f 1.93. SMA 393.
ANTIOCHUS IX THIRD REIGN
r.; dotted border.
OTTATOPOZ Nike walking
1., holding wreath; to 1., 4^
(340) above IA (341) orO (342).
Drachms.
340. M f 3.79. See SMA 404, a drachm
22
ANTIOCHUS VIII FOURTH REIGN
r.; fillet border.
scepter; laurel wreath bor-
der.
Tetradrachms.
346. JR f 16.21 Rev. to 1., fe above A;
beneath throne, .
347. JR \ 16.02. Rev. to L, k above A;
beneath throne, IX SMA 407.
34 . JR f 16.35. Rev. to L, tl above A;
beneath throne, 4. .
O&w. Type as 346; dotted border.
to 1., k above A.
Drachm.
349. JR f 3.58. SMA 411.
Obv. As 349.
cornucopiae bound with fillet.
350. JE f 8.11. Rev. to 1., . See Babelon
1436-37, a bronze issue of similar

type where monogram is rendered
E. SMA, p. 107, fig. 24.
351. JE f 7.94. Rev. 1. field monogram off
flan.
ANTIOCHUS IX FOURTH REIGN
Obv. Diademed head of Antiochus,
beardless, r.; fillet (352-54)
or dotted (355) border.
OTTATOPOZ Zeus seated 1.
on throne, holding Nike and
scepter; in outer 1. field, A
above A; in inner 1. field, H
(352) or IT (353); beneath
throne, A (352-53) or N (354);
laurel wreath border.
Tetradrachms.
352. JR / 16.41. SMA 415.
353. JR \ 15.76. Kricheldorf 5, 5 Apr.,
1976,189.
354. JR f 15.48. SMA 418.
355. JE j 5.89. Rev. monograms off flan.
See BMC, p. 93, 20-21; Babelon
1487-89, for bronze issues of
similar type. SMA, p. 110, fig.
27.
Rev. Inscription as 352. Tyche
standing 1., resting r. hand
on tiller and holding cor-
nucopiae with 1.; to 1.,
above monogram, off flan
(TT?).
Drachm.
356. JR \ 3.55. See SMA 419, a drachm
with 1. field monograms JE and TT.
Obv. Head of Zeus r.
standing 1. on prow of galley
facing r., resting r. hand on
tiller and holding cornucopiae
with 1.
357. JE f 4.31. BMC, p. 93, 26.
Syria Seleucis
23
SELEUCUS VI
Obv. Diademed and horned head of
Seleucus r.; fillet border.
Rev. BAZIAEQZ ZEAEYKOY ETTI-
(DANOYZ NIKATOPOZ Zeus
Nike and scepter; to 1., A;
above N" above A; beneath
throne A (361) or A (362-63)
or N (364) or T T (365).
Tetradrachms.
361. JR f 15.85. SMA 421.
362. JR j 16.14. Obv. die of 361. SMA
422.
363. JR f 18.22. As 362.
364. JR j 16.06. SMA 423.
366. A f 16.16. Rev. I. field monograms,
if any, off flan.
walking 1., holding wreath;
outer 1. field monograms, if
any, off flan.
Drachm.
366. JR / 3.89. See Naville 10, 15 Jun.

1925, 1510 for a drachm of
similar type.
Obv. As 366.
to 1., indistinguishable mono-
gram.
Hemidrachm.
367. JR / 1.96. NFA 2, 25 Mar. 1976, 292.
Obv. Type as 361, but portrait is
without horn.
368. JR f 16.03. Rev. to 1., P above A;
beneath throne, A.
369. JR / 16.19. Rev. 1. field monograms,
if any, off flan; beneath throne,
C. See SMA 424, where mono-
grams to 1. are P above A.
column; in outer 1. field, P
above A.
370. JE / 8.07. See SMA, p. 112, fig. 28.
371. M f 8.14. Rev. in inner 1. field, A.
372. JE f 7.84. Rev. in exergue, spearhead.
Obv. Type as 368, but portrait has
beard.
to 1., P above A; beneath
throne, l~P.
Tetradrachms.
373. JR T 16.32. Kastner 6, 26 Nov. 1974,
197.
374. /R / 16.23. Obv. die of 373.
in outer 1. field, P (above A,
off flan?); in inner 1. field, C.
Drachm.
375. JR \ 3.89. Sotheby, 22 Apr. 1970, 242.
Obv. As 375.
24
ANTIOCHUS XFIRST AND SECOND
REIGNS
The two brief periods during which
Antiochus X ruled Antioch were inter-
rupted when the city was captured and
held by the forces of Antiochus XI and
Philip Philadelphus c. 93 B.C. (Bellin-
ger, End of the Seleucids, pp. 73-74).
The coins of Antiochus X have not been
differentiated as to reigns (on the assump-
tion that it might be possible to do so),
and all are catalogued in this section.
r.; fillet border.
Rev. BAZIAEQZ ANTIOXOY EY-
ZEBOYZ QIAOTTATOPOZ
holding Nike and scepter;
Tetradrachms.
379. A f 15.64. Rev. to 1., [Si above A;
beneath throne, A. DeClercq252;
Naville 10, 15 Jun. 1925, 1513.
380. A 1 15.48. Rev. to 1., 1 above A;
beneath throne, TT.

381. A f 15.90. Rev. to 1., 1 above A;
beneath throne, A. SMA 430.
382. A \ 16.23. Obv. portrait has side-
burns. Rev. to 1., 5 above A;
beneath throne, A.
wearing polos standing 1., r.
hand on tiller and holding
cornucopiae with 1.; to 1., Z
above A.
Drachms.
383. A / 3.66. SMA 431.
384. A / 3.84. As 383.
Obv. As 383.
Rev. Inscription as 379. Dioscuri
caps adorned with stars.
385. JE f 7.50. Rev. to 1., 5 . BMC,
p. 97, 3-5; Babelon 1533-35.
SMA, p. 114, fig. 30.
386. JE f 7.44. Rev. below Dioscuri caps,
KC (= PC). BMC, p. 97, 6;
Babelon 1532.
ANTIOCHUS XI
The single tetradrachm of Antiochus
XI known to Newell at the time of
publication of SMA supported his
judgement that this king ruled at An-
tioch for only a few weeks in 93 B.C.
(SMA, pp. 115-17; see also Bellinger,
End of the Seleucids, pp. 74-75). The
existence of at least three different
obverse dies (two represented below,
another in the British Museum: M. J.
Price, "Becent Coin Acquisitions by the
British Museum," Archaeological Re-
ports 20 [1973-74], Athens, 1974, p. 69,
13) now known to have been used on
Antiochus's coinage, and the develop-
ment of sideburns on his final issue,
suggests that his hold on Antioch was
considerable longer, perhaps the better
part of a year.
Syria Seleucis
25
L, ft above A; beneath throne
A; laurel wreath border.
Tetradrachm.
390. JR f 15.92. SMA 434 (where upper 1.
monogram is rendered H).
Obv. Type as 389 but portrait is
bearded; irregular border.
Rev. Inscription as 390. Artemis
holding bow and drawing ar-
row from quiver; to 1., in-
distinguishable monogram;
dotted border.
391. J E f 2.33.
Obv. As 390, but portrait is bearded.
Rev. BAZIAEQZ . AHMHTPIOY
OIAOTTATOPOZ ZQTHPOY
holding Nike and scepter; to
1., N above A; beneath throne,
A; laurel wreath border.
Tetradrachm.
392. M f 15.37. Obv. die of Babelon 1570.
SMA 435.
PHILIP I PHILADELPHUS
Obv. Diademed head of Philip r.;

fillet border.
Rev. BAZIAEQZ OIAITTTTOY ETTI-
OANOYZ OIAAAEAOOY
Tetradrachms.
393. A f 15.91. Rev. in outer 1. field, N
above A; to L, of Zeus's legs, A;
beneath throne, A.
394. JR f 14.86. Rev. to L, of Zeus's legs,
N; beneath throne, A.
395. J E f 13.60. Rev. monograms, if any,
indistinguishable.
396. JE T 12.14. As 395.
Waage, p. 23, 246-49, categorizes
bronze coins similar to 395-96 as con-
temporary forgeries, struck at Antioch,
Seleucia Pieria or possibly Dura Euro-
pus during Philip's reign or under
the Romans in the first century B.C.
She cites four examples from Seleucia,
two from the excavations at Dura (see
Bellinger, Dura, p. 6, 109a and p. 12,
193b), and suggests that the forger used
different dies which may have been
copied from Philip's tetradrachm issues,
or which may have been discarded but
undestroyed dies from the mint of An-
tioch.
In fact, the above two coins and those
Waage cites from Seleucia give every
evidence of having been regular coinage,
struck at Antioch and meant for circula-
tion. Their distribution and the relative-
ly large number of examples now known
suggest a significant issue with broad
acceptance. As Waage notes, moreover,
they appear to have been struck from
different tetradrachm dies. While a
forger might have access to one set of
discarded dies, the use of many seems
highly unlikely and suggests instead that
26
ANTIOCHUS XIII
The occupation of Antioch by Antio-
chus XIII from 69/8-67/6 B.C. ended
with his military defeat and the assump-
tion of the throne by Philip II Barypous,
son of Philip Philadelphus. Antiochus
was returned to the city in 65/4 B.C.,
but could not be confirmed as king by
Pompey, who formally annexed Syria in
64 B.C. (Bellinger, End of the Seleucids,
pp. 82-85; see also F. Holt, "Cicero and
"Sampsiceramus', a Factor in the For-
mation of the First Triumvirate,"
Essays in History 25 [1981], Charlottes-
ville, pp. 52-56).
A. R. Bellinger, "Notes on Some Coins
from Antioch in Syria," ANSMN 5
(1952), pp. 53-55, has suggested that a
unique bronze coin in New York may
have been issued during a joint reign at
Antioch of Antiochus XIII and his
mother, Cleopatra Selene, in 92 B.C. The
following tetradrachms were struck un-
der Antiochus as sole ruler, undoubtedly
during the king's first tenure at Antioch.

No coinage has been identified for
Philip II.
r.; fillet border.
Rev. BAZIAEQZ ANTIOXOY OIAA-
AEA<DOY Zeus seated 1. on
scepter; to 1., 1*3; laurel wreath
border.
Tetradrachms.
399. A f 15.55. SAfA 460.
400. A j 15.46. Rev. beneath throne, P.
Rev. die of SMA 461, pi. 13.
SYRIA SELEUCIS: SELEUCIA PIERIA
Shortly after its founding by Seleucus I in 300 B.C., the mint at Seleucia Pieria began
operations with the issuance of both silver and bronze coinage, the former of the same type
and using dies cut by the same hand as those of Alexander-type tetradrachms struck under
Antigonus at Antigonea.1 The mint appears to have closed shortly after the accession of
Antiochus I, possibly because the need for the production of coinage at Seleucia had been
obviated by the growing capacity of the mint at Antioch. No mint activity is recorded at
Seleucia from the reign of Antiochus I to that of Antiochus IV.
About 246 B.C. Ptolemy III seized the city, which remained under Egyptian control until
its recapture by Antiochus III in 219 B.C. Antiochus IV struck municipal bronze coinage at
Seleucia and possibly some tetradrachms (404). Special status appears to have been con-
ferred on the city by Alexander I Balas, under whom a wide variety of coinage was struck,
including two monumental tetradrachm issues (407 and 409), local coinage both with
and without the king's portrait, and a bronze "federal" coinage (a series inscribed
AAEAOQN AHMQN), apparently meant for circulation in both Seleucia and Antioch.
The activity of Seleucia's mint seems to have been only sporadic thereafter. Demetrius
II may have struck issues at the city during his first reign (411), and coinage is recorded
for Antiochus VII, Demetrius IPs second reign, Alexander II Zabinas, possibly Antiochus
VIII and Demetrius III.8
1 WSM, pp. 84-86.
8 Antiochus VII: G. Macdonald, "Seltene und unedierte Seleukidenmunzen," ZfN 1912, p. 99,27, a
bronze issue dated AOP (174 S.E. = 139/8 B.C.), see Seyrig, Notes, p. 13, n. 21; Antiochus VIII:
BMC, p. 90, 29; see Waage, p. 21, 235.
Syria Seleucis
27
SELEUCUS I
Nike and scepter; to 1., i;
beneath throne, KP.
Tetradrachm.
401. JR -> 17.14. J. Schulman, 3 May 1962,
1273. Obv. die A3 of WSM 890.
Obv. Laureate head of Zeus r.; dot-
ted border.
Rev. ZEAEYKEQN above thunder-
bolt; below, M .
402. JE \ 8.42. WSM 897.
Obv. As 402.
Rev. (BAZI?) ZEAE Inverted an-
chor on thunderbolt; dotted
border.
403. JE f 0.91. Tentatively attributed to
Seleucia on the basis of its obverse
type and the thunderbolt symbol
on its reverse. Antioch is an
alternative possibility as an is-
suing mint. Said to be from

Lebanon.
ANTIOCHUS IV
Obv. Diademed head of Antiochus,
star above forehead, r.; fillet
border.
holding arrow and bow; to
1. M; in exergue, IA ; laurel
wreath border.
Tetradrachm.
404. JR f 16.35. Obv. die of O. Morkholm,
"Some Western Seleucid Coins,"
INJ 3 (1965-66), p. 9, pt. II, 2.
Numan Hoard (CH 6, 37, "Syria"
CH 7, 97).
Antiochus r.; dotted bor-
der.
Rev. ZEAEYKEQN TQN EM TTIE-
PIAI Thunderbolt; above,
E; below, <H ; wreath bor-
der.
405. JE f 7.67. BMC, p. 42, 83-84; Babe-
1on 647.
406. JE f 7.32. Obv. die of 405.
ALEXANDER I BALAS
Obv. Jugate busts of Alexander,
diademed, and Cleopatra Thea
as Tyche, diademed, and
wearing veil and kalathos, r.;
to 1., A above cornucopiae;
fillet border.
9E0TTATOPOZ EYEPTETOY
holding Nike who bears thun-
derbolt, and rests 1. hand on
scepter.
Tetradrachm.
407. JR f 17.01. Obv. die of SNGCopSyria
267; rev. die of JVC 1904, p.
28
Obv. Laureate head of Zeus r.
Thunderbolt; above EP
(166 S.E. = 147/6 B.C.) and
EH; below, BY ; border
composed of alternating open
and closed ears of grain.
Tetradrachm.
409. JR \ 16.66. A. Houghton, "A Tetra-
drachm of Seleucia Pieria at the
Getty Museum: An Archaizing
Zeus and the Accession of Alex-
ander Balas in Northern Syria,"
The J. Paul Getty Museum Jour-
nal 10 (1982), p. 153, Al-Pl (this
coin).
r.; dotted border.
Rev. ZEAEYKEQN EM TTIEPIAI
Tripod; to 1., indistinguishable
monogram; to r., A E (placed
sideways); laurel wreath bor-
der.
410. JE f 4.91.
DEMETRIUS II FIRST REIGN

Obv. Diademed head of Demetrius
r.; dotted border.
Rev. BAZIAEQZ AHMHTPIOY 9E-
OY (DIAAAEAOOY NIKA-
TOPOZ Nude Apollo seated
1. on omphalos, holding
arrow and bow; to 1., A; to
lower r., ll or tl; in exergue,
BOP (172 S.E. = 141/0 B.C.).
Tetradrachm.
411. A f 16.66. For two other related
tetradrachms, see MuM 52, 19
Jun. 1975, 213 (same obv. die,
date off flan) and O. Morkholm,
"Some Western Seleucid Coins,"
INJ 3 (1965-66), p. 11, pt. Ill,
dated AOP (171 S.E. = 142/1
B.C.). Tentative attribution.
Morkholm suggests Laodicea as
an equally credible possibility for
the issuing mint of coins of the
above type.
DEMETRIUS II
SECOND REIGN
Demetrius r.; dotted border.
OY NIKATOPOZ Thunder-
bolt; below, E; laurel wreath
border.
Hemidrachm.
412. JR f 1.98. Dies of De Clercq 205.
dotted border.
Thunderbolt; laurel wreath
border.
413. JE f 4.23. Babelon 886 ("Alexandre
I Bala"), with the inscription
catalogued as ETTIOANOYZ
only, and with the monogram
Syria Seleucis
29
SYRIA SELEUCIS: "APAMEA"
Founded by Seleucus I as a garrison, Apamea appears to have had little importance as a
hellenistic mint. The city may have struck a single royal bronze issue of Seleucus (WSM
1128), and possibly some later silver coinage.1 Under Antiochus IV and Alexander I
Balas, Apamea issued local coinage bearing the king's portrait.2 No later Seleucid coins
have been attributed to this city.3
Pending a study which would clarify the activity of the mint of Apamea in the third
century and satisfactorily establish the attribution of issues given by Newell to this city,
the coins of Seleucus I Antiochus III in this section have been catalogued in accordance
with WSM.
SELEUCUS I
Obv. Elephant standing r.; dotted
border.
Rev. BAZIAEQZZEAEYKOY Head
of horned and bridled horse 1.;
below, anchor.
415. J E / 1A1. WSM 1128.
ANTIOCHUS I
Obv. Shield, tripod as center de-
vice; dotted border.
Rev. BAZI ANT I Bow in case;
dotted border.
416. JE -> 2.58. WSM 1133.
ANTIOCHUS II

r.; dotted border.
holding bow and arrow.
Tetradrachms.
417. Al l 17.08. Rev. to 1., A ; to r., M.
Obv. die and rev. monogram M
of WSM 1135-36.
418. A / 17.21. Rev. to r., (P. Obv. die and
rev. monogram of WSM 1142a.
"INTERREGNUM"
Obv. Diademed head of Antiochus I
r.; dotted border.
Rev. ZQTHPOZ ANTIOXOY Nude
Tetradrachms.
419. 17.01. Obv. die of WSM 1144a-e.
420. JR j 16.87. Obv. die of WSM 1144
421. M j 17.21. Obv. die of WSM 1144p.-.
Obv. As 419.
Rev. ZQTHPOZ ANTIOXOY In-
verted anchor flanked by
Dioscuri caps; to r.,
422. JE f 3.59. WSM 1145.
1 See O. Morkholm, "A Summary of Recent Scholarship: Additions and Corrections," WSM 2nd Ed.
(1977), p. vi, for a review of published material reattributing certain coins assigned by Newell to
Apamea. Houghton, Tarik Darreh, pp. 3841, suggests the reattribution to Antioch of coinage of
Seleucus II and Antiochus III with the monogram e% Other issues given by Newell to this mint, per-
haps including those of Antiochus I and II, may also have been struck at another city.
2 O. Morkholm has also attributed to Apamea bronze coinage struck by Alexander with the portrait
and name of Antiochus IV (see 564).
8 Under Tigranes II, Apamea struck dated autonomous bronze coinage between 76/5 and 68/7 B.C.,
but this right appears to have been withdrawn by Antiochus XIII. The city was taken by Pompey in
63 B.C.: Seyrig, res, p. 85.
30
SELEUCUS II
dotted border on 424-26.
Apollo standing 1. holding
arrow and bow.
Staters.
423. Al f 8.56. Rev. to 1. 2 ; to r., "X.
Obv. die of WSM 1010 ("An-
tioch"). Houghton, Tarik Dar-
reh, p. 33, 6 (this coin).
424. Al f 8.49. Rev. to 1., to r., JE .
See WSM 1148, a tetradrachm
with the same monograms.
425. Al f 8.51. Rev. to L, ^; to r., C3>.
Houghton, Tarik Darreh, p. 33,
7 (this coin).
426. Al / 8.48. Rev. to 1., to r., .
Houghton, Tari/r Darreh, p. 33,
8 (this coin).
Obv. As 423; dotted border.
tripod.

Tetradrachms.
427. JR f 17.02. Rev. to 1., to r., N .
Dies of WSM 1146 (where r. field
monogram is rendered N).
428. JR f 16.99. Rev. to 1., ^; to r., S .
O/w. die and rev. monograms of
WSM 1153CC-6.
dotted border.
Rev. BAZIAEQZ ZEAEYKOY Hum-
ped bull standing 1.; to lower
1., fr.
429. JE f 5.04. WSM 1158.
Rev. BAZIAEQZ ZEAEYKOY Rider,
caped and with spear in r.
hand, on horse rearing 1.;
below belly, ^X.
430. JE f 25.73. WSM 1162.
Obv. As 427.
Rev. BAZIAEQZ ZEAEYKOY Horse
standing 1., 1. foreleg raised.
431. JE f 3.90. Rev. below belly, W. WSM
1166.
432. JE f 3.97. Rev. below belly, shield
with inverse anchor as center
device. WSM 1178.
Obv. Diademed, bearded bust of
Seleucus r.; dotted border.
Rev. BAZIAEQZ ZEAEYKOY Pe-
gasus flying 1.
433. JE f 3.63. WSM 1167.
Obv. Bust of Athena in Corinthian
and palm branch.
434. JE f 10.17. Rev. toi.,^7\. WSM 1169.
435. JE / 8.28. Rev. Nike's 1. hand rests
on shield with inverse anchor as
center device; monograms, if any,
off flan. See WSM 1175-77 for
bronze issues of same type.
Syria Sei.eucis
31
ANTIOCHUS IV
r.; dotted border.
Rev. ATTAMEQN TON TTPOZ TO I
AEIQI Zeus seated 1. on
scepter; in exergue, M (pos-
sibly N<).
440. JE f 7.65. See BMC, p. 41, 81; Babe-
1on 665-70, for bronze issues of
similar type with different mono-
grams.
ALEXANDER I BALAS
See 564, a bronze issue with the por-
trait and name of Antiochus IV, attribut-
ed by O. Merkholm to Alexander Balas
and assigned to Apamea in the year S.E.
162 (151/0 B.C.).
r.; dotted border.
Rev. ATTAMEQN Zeus standing 1.,
holding Corinthian helmet
and scepter; to 1., TEP (163
S.E. = 150/9 B.C.)
441. JE f 7.54. 7.54. Rev. to outer 1., &.

BMC, p. 57, 64-65; Babelon 912.
442. JE f 7.26. Rev. to outer 1., k . Babe-
1on 913.
443. JE / 8.34. Rev. to outer 1., W \ coun-
terstamp: palm branch within
rectangle.
Local bronze issues of Apamea with
Alexander's portrait appear to have
been struck only in the second year of
the king's reign, 163 S.E. An exceptional
issue of Alexander with the posthumous
portrait of Antiochus IV was struck in
162 S.E. (see 564, below).
SYRIA SELEUCIS: LAODICEA AD MARE
From its founding by Seleucus I at the beginning of the third century B.C. through the
reign of Antiochus III, Laodicea appears to have confined its mint activity to the issuance
of royal silver, which ceased with Antiochus's death. The city later struck municipal
bronze coinage under Antiochus IV and Alexander Balas. A brief tetradrachm issue may
have been struck at Laodicea (or Seleucia Pieria) during the first reign of Demetrius II in
Syria;1 no later Seleucid coinage has been attributed to this city, which was granted
autonomy under Tigranes II in 81 B.C.2
SELEUCUS I
r.; dotted border.
eagle and scepter; to 1., dol-
phin above Fc; beneath throne,
*W; dotted border.
Tetradrachm.
444. Al / 16.92. WSM 1204.
ANTIOCHUS III
Obv.
Diademed head of Antiochus
r.; dotted border.
holding arrow and bow, to 1.,
^; in exergue, indistinguish-
able monogram ( P? ?).
Tetradrachm.
445. JR / 16.65. See WSM 1230-31, tetra-
drachms with similar monograms.
32
ANTIOCHUS IV
Obv.
Diademed bust of Antiochus
r.; dotted border.
Rev. AAOAIKEQN TON UPOZ
9AAAZZHI Poseidon stand-
ing facing, head 1., holding
dolphin in r. hand and trident
in 1.
446. JE f 4.32. Kastner 12, 30 Nov. 1976,
144. Babelon 658-59; SNGCop-
Syria 218-19.
ALEXANDER IBALAS
r.; dotted border.
Rev. AAOAIKEQN TON TTPO! 9A-
AAZZHI Zeus standing facing,
head L, holding wreath in r.
hand; in outer 1. field, IZ; to 1.
of feet, dolphin.
447. JE f 3.65. BMC, p. 57, 67; Babelon
924 (where the monogram is given
as Z). The reverse deity of the
Paris and London coins is catalo-
gued as Poseidon. The absence

of a trident or any other feature
which would positively identify
the figure as the sea-god suggests
instead that it is the wreath-
bearing Zeus common to cities of
the Syrian coast. Under Alexan-
der a bronze issue was struck at
Laodicea with the reverse type of
a seated Poseidon holding a tri-
dent and with the same mono-
gram as 447 (SNGFitz 5708).
See 411, a tetradrachm of Demetrius
of a type which Merkholm has attributed
to either Seleucia Pieria or Laodicea.
SYRIA SELEUCIS: HIEROPOLIS (BAMBYCE)
In the Seleucid era, Hierapolis struck rare silver coinage under Seleucus I,1 evidently
ceasing to function thereafter until it was reopened by Antiochus IV and, later, Alexander I
Balas.2 No other Seleucid issues are known for this city.
ANTIOCHUS IV
Antiochus; dotted border.
Rev. HIEPOTTOAITON Zeus stand-
wreath in outstretched r.
hand; to 1., above lion
standing 1., head reverted; to
r.,S.
448. JE f 8.89. Sternberg, 25 Nov. 1976,
631. See BMC, p. 40, 59-60;
Babelon 645-46, for bronze is-
sues of similar type with different
monograms.
1 Seyrig cites only one example: H. Seyrig. "Monnaies helldnistiques XIX: Le monnayage de Hiera-
polis de Syrie h l'epoque d'Alexandre," RN 1971, pp. 16 and 21,14.
* Alexander I Balas: Babelon, p. cv.
ClLICIA
33
SYRIA SELEUCIS: CYRRHUS
During the Seleucid period, Cyrrhus's coinage was limited to the striking of municipal
types with the king's portrait under Alexander I Ralas, only in the year 164 S.E. (149/8
R.C.).
ALEXANDER IBALAS
r.; fillet border.
Rev. KYPPHZTQN Zeus standing
facing, head 1., holding
wreath; to 1., # and A EP
(164 S.E. = 149/8 B.C.) above
owl; in exergue, IZ (?).
449. JE f 6.20. See BMC, p. 56, 59-60;
Babelon 902-6 for bronze issues
of similar type with different
monograms.
CILICIA: TARSUS
Active under the satraps of Persia as well as Alexander and his immediate successors,
the mint of Tarsus continued to produce gold and silver coinage for Seleucus I following his
capture of Cilicia from Demetrius Poliorcetes in c. 294 B.C.1 Thereafter, Tarsus appears to
have operated continuously as a Seleucid mint through the reign of Demetrius I, with the
exception of a brief period of occupation by Ptolemaic forces between c. 246 and 243 B .C.2
The great rarity of Tarsid coin issues from the reign of Alexander I Balas (No. 475), the
first reign of Demetrius II* and that of Antiochus VI,4 suggests that the mint's activity
was limited and discontinuous in the troubled period between the death of Demetrius I

and the accession of Antiochus VII. A resurgence of production occurred under the latter
king, however, which was maintained through the final reign in Cilicia of Antiochus IX.
The last known Seleucid issue of Tarsus was struck by Seleucus VI.6
1 As Newell noted in discussing the attribution of issues such as No. 450, the assignment to Tarsus
of early Seleucid coinages poses particular difficulty. One is on increasingly firm ground with the issues
of Antiochus I and later (but see comment following 604 regarding the problem of attributing coins of
Seleucus II to either Tarsus or Sardes). For the pre-Seleucid coinage of Tarsus, see E. T. Newell,
"Tarsus under Alexander," AJN 52 (1918), pp. 83-84; E. T. Newell, The Coinages of Demetrius Polior-
cetes (London, 1927), pp. 48-58; Cox, Tarsus, pp. 38-43.
8 WSM, pp. 222-23. Cox, Tarsus, p. 45, suggests that this mint closed during the war between
Antiochus III and Rome, but the prolific coinage now known to have been struck by Antiochus at
Tarsus indicates no discontinuity of mint production during this period.
3 M. Thompson, "Some Noteworthy Greek Accessions," ANSMN 12 (1966), p. 17, 23.
* J. A. Seeger, "An Unpublished Drachm of Antiochus VI," NC 1972, p. 305. A tetradrachm of
Antiochus VI of Tarsus, said to be from the Kirikhan hoard (CH 1 [1975], 87; CH 2 [1976], 90),
has been described to the author.
6 G. Le Rider, "Monnaies grecques recemment acquises par le Cabinet de Paris," RN 1969, p. 15, 8,
the only coin known to have been struck at this mint by Seleucus, whose Cilician base appears to have
been at Seleucia ad Calycadnum (q.v.).
34
Arthur Houghton Coliection
SELEUCUS I
r.; dotted border.
Nike and scepter; to L, ;
beneath throne, M; dotted
border.
Tetradrachm.
450. JR / 17.11. Obv. die of WSM 1290.
ANTIOCHUS I
r.; dotted border.
eagle and scepter; to 1., bunch
of grapes; beneath throne,
W above *; dotted border.
Tetradrachm.
461. JR f 17.07. Sternberg 8, 16 Nov. 1978,
177. Obv. die of WSM 1294.
Obv. Head of Athena wearing
Corinthian helmet r.; dotted
border.
Rev. BAZIAEQZ ANTIOXOY Caps

of Dioscuri; below, I; dotted
border.
452. JE I 7.18. See WSM 1299-1300 for
bronze issues of similar type with
different monograms.
453. JE I 7.33. Rev. monogram is indistin-
guishable.
ANTIOCHUS II
Obv. Diademed head of Antio-
chus r.
exergue, ^ IT; dotted bor-
der.
Tetradrachm.
454. /R f 16.90. Dies of WSM 1307a.
Corinthian helmet r.
Rev. BAZIAEQZ ANTIOXOY Nike
standing L, holding wreath
and palm branch (?); to
lower 1., NC; to lower r., W.
Stater.
455. AI f 8.58. Houghton, Tarik Darreh,
p. 30, 2 (this coin). See WSM
1308, a stater with the same 1.
field monogram; WSM 1311, a
tetradrachm with the same mo-
nograms.
Obv. As 454.
no border.
Tetradrachms.
456. A f 17.01. Rev. in exergue, NC AI.
Dies of A. Newell, "A Note on
Western Seleucid Mints No. 1310:
Antiochus II at Tarsus," ANSMN
2 (1949), p. 13; rev. die of WSM
1310(3.
457. JR f 17.14. Obv. die of 456. Rev. to 1.,
NC; in exergue, AI. MuM 25, 17
Nov. 1962, 475. Boehringer,
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SELEUCUS III
Obv. Diademed head of Seleucus r.
A; to r., W.
Tetradrachm.
460. JR f 17.10. Dies of Seyrig, Trisors,
1. 3-8 (this coin is possibly 1.4).
ANTIOCHUS III
The attribution of the following coins
of Antiochus III through Demetrius I is
based on O. Morkholm, Cilicia and H.
Seyrig, "Un Symbole Monelaire de
Tarse," Milanges Mansel (Ankara, 1974),
pp. 263-64.
r.
Tetradrachms.
461. JR f 16.98. Rev. to 1., A ; to r., W
(rendered ft ). Bourgey, 21 Jun.
1979, 104. Obv. die of WSM
1252.

1251-52; rep. monograms of WSM
462. JR f 17.05. Rev. to 1., A ; to r., HP.
See WSM 1261 for similar obverse
style and r. field monogram.
463. JR f 17.20. Rev. to 1., A ; to r., |SK;
in exergue, club. Obv. die and
rev. monograms of WSM 1260.
464. JR f 16.84. Rev. to 1., ZA above club;
to r., NC. WSM 1268.
Drachm.
465. JR \ 4.19. Rev. to L, ZA above traces
of monogram or symbol; to r., 4 .
Numismatic Art and Ancient
Coins 2, 15 May 1981, 94.
SELEUCUS IV
dotted border.
ZA above club; to r., AT.
Tetradrachm.
466. JR \ 17.19. NFA 8, 6 Jun. 1980, 334.
See Tyre 22-23 for other issues of
Seleucus IV struck at Tarsus.
ANTIOCHUS IV
r.; fillet border.
Tetradrachms.
467. JR f 16.84. Rev. toi.,W above club;
to r., R. MuM 37, 5 Dec. 1968,
240. Tyre 32b ("Tyre").
468. JR f 16.69. Rev. to 1., W ; to r., R; in
exergue, club. Obv. die of Hunter
3, p. 42, 5 with similar monograms
and bird's wing to lower 1. on rev.
469. JR f 16.90. Obv. die of 468. Rev. to I.,
W above bird's wing; to r., W;
in exergue, club. MuM 37, 5 Dec.
36
DEMETRIUS I
r.; laurel wreath border.
Rev. BAZIAEQ ZAHMHTPIOY Ty-
che seated 1. on throne, hold-
ing scepter and cornucopiae.
Tetra drachms.
473. A f 16.75. Rev. tei., M above club.
to r., fid above bird's wing.
474. A f 16.87. Rev. to outer 1., VR; toi. of
Tyche's legs, bird's wing; beneath
cornucopiae, W; in exergue, club.
See Tyre 44-46b; SNGCopSyria 245
("Tyre") for other tetradrachms of
Demetrius struck at Tarsus.
ALEXANDER I BALAS
r., fillet border.
9EOTTATOPOZ EYEPTETOY
Sandan standing r., on back of
horned and winged lion; in
exergue, & ; no other visible
monogram.
Drachm.

475. A f 3.79. See Cox, Tarsus, p. 52
(= F. Imhoof-Blumer, Monnaies
grecques [Leipzig, 1883], p. 433,
96), a drachm now in Berlin
struck from different dies which
carries the 1. field monogram tXP;
in exergue, AI.
ANTIOCHUS VII
r.; fillet border.
Rev. BAZIAEQZ ANTIOXOY EYEP-
TETOY Nike walking 1.,
holding wreath.
Drachms.
476. A f 4.13. Rev. to 1., NE above Z.
NFA 5, 23 Feb. 1978, 205.
477. A \ 3.94. Obv. die of 476. Rev., to 1.,
K above NE.
Nos. 476-77 are related by monogram
to later issues struck at Tarsus under
Demetrius II (480-81, below). See
Houghton, Second Reign, p. 116, n. 5
regarding the production at Tarsus of
"standard" silver by Antiochus VII
concurrently with issues bearing San-
dan-type reverses, such as 479.
478. A f 3.89. Rev. to 1., A above W .
Rev. Inscription as 476. Sandan
standing r. on back of horned
and winged lion; to 1., W ,
cut by edge of flan; to r., AI.
479. A f 4.10. A die duplicate in the
author's collection shows the 1.
monogram fully.
With the exception of 481, references
to die combinations, where given, are
to coins in Houghton, Second Reign.
Obv. Diademed head of young De-
metrius r., beardless; fillet
border.
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r.; fillet border.
Sandan standing r. on back of
horned and winged lion.
Drachms.
486. A f 3.77. Rev. to L, H above NE.
487. A f 4.08. Rev. tel., A (A?) above
NE; to r., monograms or symbol,
if any, off flan. Leu 13, 29 Apr.
1975, 309. See Babelon 1295;
Naville 10, 15 Jun. 1925, 1375,
each from the same dies as 487,
with club in r. field.
ANTIOCHUS VIII
The extensive coinage struck at Tar-
sus by Antiochus VIII and his brother
Antiochus IX during their successive
occupations of the city have been ten-
tatively divided into reigns by Cox, Tar-
sus, pp. 52-54. Die analysis of the late
Seleucid coinages of this mint, however,
suggests the need for revisions in Cox's
proposed coin series, and possibly the

regnal periods she assigns to Antiochus
VIII and IX. Pending the publication of
a study which would clarify the activity
of the mint of Tarsus during this period,
however, the silver issues of these kings
have been catalogued according to Cox's
order, but listed separately under each
ruler.
r.; fillet border.
QANOYZ Monument or pyre,
within which Sandan stands
r. on back of horned and
winged lion.
Tetradrachms.
488. A f 16.60. Rev. in exergue, 1 R(=
IFJ). K. Kress 132, 8 Feb. 1965,
278. Cox, First Reign.
489. A f 16.38. Rev. to L, fa above ME.
Cox, Third Reign.
490. A f 16.33. Obv. die of 489. Rev. to I.,
W above ME. Leu-MuM, 3 Dec.
1965 (Niggeler), 475. Cox, Third
Reign.
Obv. As 488.
and winged lion; to 1. A,
partly off flan, above ME.
Drachms.
491. A f 4.15, MuM 41, 18 Jun. 1970, 299.
Cox, Third Reign. See BMC,
p. 89, 21, for a tetradrachm with
the same monograms.
492. A f 3.72. Obv. die of 491.
ANTIOCHUS IX
head of Antiochus r.; fillet
border.
OTTATOPOZ Monument or
pyre within which Sandan
38
AitTHLR Houghton Collection
Obv. Diademed, horned head of
Antiochus, beardless.
and winged lion; to 1., A
above TT.
Drachm.
497. JR f 3.89. Cox, Third Reign.
The following coins appear to be
related as a group by the presence of the
monogram E on all examples recorded,
with the exception of Babelon 1499, whose
monogram N< also appears on the reverses
of 498-99 and 501, below. The three
types also form a set of multiples, al-
though this is not necessarily deter-
minative of a common origin.
Bellinger, End of the Seleucids, p. 91,
suggests an attribution of these coins to
Apamea. The more likely issuing mint is
Tarsus, where the monograms NK and I*1
both appear on silver coinage of Antio-
chus IX. See also H. Nicolet, "Monnaies
de bronze de Cilicie," RN 1971, p. 29, 34,
regarding the possible Cilician origin of

types similar to 500-501, examples of
which have been found at Tarsus itself
(Cox, Tarsus, p. 68, 108-9).
Rev. Inscription as 493. Dionysus
standing 1., holding kantha-
ros and thyrsos; to 1., E
above NK.
498. JE * 10.09. BMC, p. 93, 22; Babelon
1484-86.
499. JE f 9.53. As 498.
Rev. Inscription as 493. Athena
walking r., holding spear and
shield; in inner field, E.
500. JE f 4.82. Rev. in outer L field, in-
distinguishable monogram. See
BMC, p. 93,23 (where monograms
are recorded as Eand NC); Babelon
1499 (NC); Babelon 1500 (TT and E).
501. JE f 4.62. Rev. in outer 1. field, NC.
Rev. Inscription as 493; tripod;
to 1., E above I*1 .
502. JE f 2.31.
CILICIA: MOPSUS
Mopsus was of only peripheral importance as a hellenistic mint. It struck municipal
bronze issues with the portrait of Antiochus IV,1 and tetradrachms during the first reign of
Demetrius II and under Antiochus IX.2 No other Seleucid coinage is known to have been
issued at this city.
ANTIOCHUS IV
r.; dotted border.
Rev. ZEAEYKEQN TON TTPOZ
TO I TTYPAMQI Artemis facing,
drawing arrow from quiver
with r. hand and holding bow
with 1.; to 1., A (?); to r., E".
503. JE \ 4.20. See H. von Aulock, "Die
Munzpragung dor kilikischen
Stadt Mopsos," AA 1963, 237-38,
2 and pi. 1, 3-5, where 1. mono-
gram is either i (a and |3) or Af
(y and 8).
Cll.ICIA
39
r.; fillet border.
9EOY OIAAAEAOOY NIKA-
TOPOZ Nude Apollo seated 1.
on omphalos, holding arrow
and bow; to 1., fire altar; to r.,
beneath king's name, fYP .
Tetradrachm.
604. JR f 16.56.
CILICIA: MALLUS
Judging from its very few recorded issues, and despite the significance of its dependent
sanctuary Magarsus, the center of the cult of Athena Magarsia, Mallus's importance as a
Seleucid mint must have been limited. No Seleucid coins of this city are known to have
been struck before the reign of Demetrius I, nor after that of Antiochus IX.1
References are to the coins in Houghton,
Studies Mildenberg.
DEMETRIUS I
r.; to 1., M; fillet border.
Rev. BAZIAEQZ AHMHTPIOY Athe-
na Magarsia facing, fore-
arms outstretched, holding
spear and with rosettes above

each shoulder; to 1., O; to r.,
B" (?).
Tetradrachm.
60S. JR f 16.68. Houghton 1.
OIAAAEAOOY NIKATOPOZ
Athena Magarsia facing, fore-
arms outstretched, holding
spear and with rosettes above
each shoulder; to lower 1., *r;
to lower r., a (?).
Tetradrachm.
506. M f 14.28. Houghton 5.
ANTIOCHUS VII
r.; to 1., 51; fillet border.
Rev. BAZIAEQZANTIOXOYEYEP-
TETOY Athena Magarsia
facing, forearms outstretched,
holding spear and with roset-
tes above each shoulder; to
lower 1., & ; to lower r., W .
Tetradrachm.
507. JR f 16.56. Obv. die of Seyrig, Trisors
30.335. Houghton 14.
1 A. Houghton, "The Seleucid Mint of Mallos and the Cult Figure of Athena Magarsia," Studies
in Honor of Leo Mildenberg: Numismatics, Art History and Archaeology (Wetteren, 1984, forth-
coming).
40
Demetrius r.; 1. field mono-
gram, if any, off flan; fillet
border.
9EOY NIKATOPOZ Athena
Magarsia facing, forearms
outstretched, holding spear
and with rosettes above each
shoulder.
Tetradrachm.
508. A f 15.39. Obv. monogram off flan.
Rev. 1. field monogram off flan;
to lower r., A . Houghton 18.
Drachms.
509. A f 3.87. Obv. toi.,M. Rev. to lower
1., &; to lower r., , partly
off flan. Houghton 19.
510. JR f 3.46. As 509, but r. field
monogram is indistinguishable.
Houghton 21.
ANTIOCHUS VIII

OANOYZ Athena Magarsia
facing, forearms outstretched,
holding spear and with roset-
tes above each shoulder; to
lower 1., ^ .
Tetradrachm.
511. iK f 14.71. Houghton 23.
ANTIOCHUS IX
head of Antiochus r.; to 1., M;
fillet border.
OTTATOPOZ Athena Magar-
sia facing, forearms out-
stretched, holding spear and
with rosettes above each
shoulder; to lower 1., indis-
tinguishable monogram.
Tetradrachm.
512. A. f 15.86. Obv. die of Jameson 1751.
Houghton 26.
CILICIA: SOLI
The mint of Soli, which had been active during the Persian era, appears to have reopened
during the reign of Antiochus III. The city struck tetradrachms and drachms under An-
tiochus and Seleucus IV, and limited tetradrachm issues under Antiochus IV and Deme-
trius I. The monograms which appear on Soli's coinage at this time are in many cases
similar to those on contemporaneous issues of Tarsus, suggesting that both mints may have
shared the same magistrates.1 Under later Seleucid rulers Soli produced coinage irregularly.
None is recorded later than the reign of Angiochus VII.2
1 I wish to acknowledge O. Merkholm's incisive observations, provided orally, on the nature of
the administrative relationship between Tarsus and Soli during this period.
8 G. Le Rider, "Monnaies grecques recemment acquises par le Cabinet de Paris," RN 1969, p. 13, 7,
a tetradrachm with the reverse type of a seated Athena, and with the symbol owl and monograms NA .
A corresponding drachm of Soli struck under Antiochus VII with the reverse type of a seated Tyche
and with similar monograms in the exergue is in the British Museum, not in BMC.
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41
The attribution of the following coins
of Soli is based on, and specific referen-
ces are to, O. Markholm, Cilicia, pp.
58-62, and G. Le Rider, "Monnaies
grecques rcemment acquises par le
Cabinet de Paris," RN 1969, pp. 13-15.
ANTIOCHUS III
chus r.
A ; to r., # .
Tetradrachm.
513. JR f 17.12. K. Kress 132, Feb. 1965,
268. Obv. and rev. dies of WSM
1282p.
Drachm.
514. JR / 4.15. Dies of WSM 1283.
Tetradrachms.
515. JR / 17.09. Rev. to 1., A above head
of Athena 1.; to r., partly off flan,
<H . Dies of WSM 1284.
516. JR f 17.12. Rev. to 1., above head

of Athena 1.; to r., Z . Obv. die
of WSM 1285-87; Rev. mono-
grams of WSM 1286.
517. JR / 16.78. Rev. to 1., A above bunch
of grapes; to r., monograms or
symbol, if any, off flan.
518. JR f 17.12. Obv. die as 517; rev. to 1.,
A above owl r., to r., A. See
WSM 1281, a drachm with the
same symbol and monograms.
519. JR f 16.69. Obv. die of 517. Rev. to L,
AI above indistinguishable sym-
bol (owl?) or monogram; to r.,
ON. A. Malloy, 15 Mar. 1974,
174.
520. JR f 17.06. Obv. die of 517. Rev. to
1., AI above owl; to r.,ON.
O. Morkholm has suggested that the
obverse die of 517-20 may have been
used at Seleucia ad Calycadnum.
Drachms.
521. JR f 3.88. Rev. to 1., indistinguishable
symbol above owl; to r., ON.
522. JR f 3.96. Obv. die of 521. Rev. 1.
field monogram and symbol off
flan; to r., ON.
SELEUCUS IV
Obv. Die as 521 (Head of Antiochus
III).
Rev. BAZIAEQZ ZEAEYKOYNude
AI above owl; to r., ON.
Drachms.
523. JR f 4.04. Morkholm, p. 59, type 2.
524. JR \ 4.11. Obv. die of 523.
Drachms.
525. JR f 4.03. Rev. 1. field symbol or
monograms, if any, off flan; to
r., ON.
526. JR f 4.22. Rev. to 1., A above owl;
42
Obv.
Diademed head of Demetrius
Tetradrachms.
528. JR f 16.78. Said to be from the Kiri-
khan hoard (CH 1, 87; CH 2, 90).
529. A f 16.32. Dies of 528.
Rev.
BAZIAEQZ AHMHTPIOY
TOPOZ Female figure (Athe-
na-Tyche?) wearing turreted
crown seated 1. on throne,
holding Nike with 1. elbow on
shield; to 1., A above owl
above O.
The attribution of the above issue is
based on its distinctive symbol, owl,
which is represented on Cilician coins
of Alexander I Balas (Babelon 792)
and Antiochus VII (Le Rider, p. 13, 7),
whose reverses also carry a Tyche-
Athena or Athena.
CILICIA: SELEUCIA AD CALYCADNUM

The ambiguity of the evidence supporting an attribution of the following group of coins
to either Seleucia ad Calycadnum or to Elaeusa (Sebaste) has been pointed out by Bellinger,
Elaeusa Sebaste, pp. 27-30. Bellinger favored the latter mint in view of the fact that
certain monograms appear both on tetradrachms of Seleucus VI of this series, and on two
autonomous silver issues of Elaeusa. G. K. Jenkins, "Recent Acquisitions of Greek Coins
by the British Museum," NC 1959, pp. 44-45, has more recently supported Bellinger's
attribution. However, F. Imhoof-Blumer, "Zur syrischen Miinzkunde," NZ 1901, p. 4,
preferred Seleucia on the basis of the leaf symbolinvariably the same five-lobed leaf
carried on these coins. Imhoof-Blumer's view has been supported by P. Naster, "Les mon-
naies seleucides attributes a l'atelier d'Elaeusa Sebaste," RBN 1980, pp. 13-16, and 0.
Morkholm, "Two Seleucid Coin Notes," NC 1957, pp. 9-10, with whose judgement the
author concurs.
The earliest issue which bears the five-lobed leaf symbol and which can with assurance
be attributed to Seleucia ad Calycadnum is a unique tetradrachm of Seleucus IV in the
Hague.1 Judging from the relatively few known examples of royal coinage which were is-
sued subsequently, the production of the mint appears to have been highly sporadic
through the second century B.C., suggesting that it had no more than a peripheral role
during this period. A surge of activity evidently occurred under Seleucus VI, however,
when the mint issued coins struck from an unusually rich variety of obverse dies and
employing a large number of reverse monogramsvery probably, as Bellinger has suggested
(End of the Seleucids, p. 73, n. 64), to finance Seleucus's campaign against Antiochus IX
which culminated in his capture of Antioch in 95 B.C. No later Seleucid coinage of this
mint is known.
1 Newell assigned WSM 1330-31, tetradrachms of Seleucus III and Antiochus III, to Seleucia
ad Calycadnum on the basis of their symbol, the forepart of a horse. Such coins may well have been
struck in Cilicia, but their attribution to Seleucia is not certain.
ClLICIA
43
ANTIOCHUS VII
r.; fillet border.
Rev. BAZIAEQZANTIOXOY EYEP-
TETOY Athena standing
1., holding Nike with r.
hand, spear with 1. arm, and
resting 1. hand on shield; in
outer 1. field, leaf; in inner 1.
field, owl, palm branch behind
shoulder, above Al; in exer-
gue, IZI and P.
Tetradrachm.
530. A f 17.20. Obv. die of O. Markholm,
"Two Seleucid Coin Notes," NC
1957, p. 9, 3. See also SNGCop-
Syria 342 for a similar tetra-
drachm with the owl symbol but
with different monogram combi-
nations.
without beard r.; fillet border.
9EOY NIKATOPOZ Athena

standing 1., holding Nike with
r. hand, spear with 1. arm, and
resting 1. hand on shield; to 1.,
leaf; in exergue, &i.
Tetradrachm.
531. A f 16.85. Naville 10, 15 Jun. 1925,
1181. Jameson 2608 (this coin).
Obv. die of BMC, p. 59, 15 (at-
tributed to Demetrius's first
reign).
ANTIOCHUS VIII
r.; fillet border.
OANOYZ Athena standing 1.,
holding Nike with r. hand,
spear with 1. arm, and resting
1. hand on shield; to 1.,
leaf.
Tetradrachms.
532. A \ 15.41. Rev. in exergue, Zhtt ZH .
533. A f 16.45. Rev. in exergue, & .
Leu 22, 8 May 1979, 166.
SELEUCUS VI
Obv. Diademed head of Seleucusr.;
fillet border.
Rev. BAZIAEQZ ZEAEYKOY ETTI-
(PANOYZ NIKATOPOZ Athe-
na standing 1., holding Nike
with r. hand, spear with 1.
arm, and resting 1. hand on
shield; in outer 1. field,
leaf.
Tetradrachms.
534. /R / 16.28. Rev. in inner 1. field 9E W
(written sideways). K. Kress 144,
22 Jui. 1968, 206.
535. A f 15.93. Rev. in inner 1. field, NE
IZI. K. Kress 144, 22 Jui. 1968,
207. Bellinger, Elaeusa Sebaste,
p. 28, 6.
536. A f 15.45. Rev. in inner 1. field,
AN.
44
CILICIA: UNCERTAIN MINT
Newell's attribution to Sardes of tetradrachms of the types and monograms of 539-40
has been questioned by Merkholm, Cilicia, pp. 19-21, who has concluded that they should
be assigned to another mint, perhaps Tarsus. Contemporaneous coinage of Tarsus, how-
ever, differs stylistically in important respects from this series (see 459-75, above). Never-
theless, the appearance of the monograms CE , Pi, and NK on coins of both this group and on
Tarsid issues of Antiochus II, Seleucus II and III, and Antiochus III (e.g., WSM 1308; 461
and 463-64, above) suggests that even if both series were not struck at the same mint, they
were issued by mints which shared the same officiating magistrates.1
The evidence points to an attribution of the following coins to an as yet unidentified
Cilician city.
SELEUCUS II
tripod; to 1., CE above W.
Tetradrachms.
539. A f 17.23. G. Hirsch 35, 25 Jun.
1963,470. Obv. die style as WSM
1417y-8 ("Sardes"); rev. mono-
grams as WSM 1419 ("Sardes").
Seyrig, Trisors 1.18 ("Sardes"
this coin).
540. JR f 16.81. J. Schulman FPL 207,

Oct. 1976, 36. Obv. die and rev.
monograms of WSM 1419 ("Sar-
des"); Dies of Seyrig, Trisors 1.27
("Sardes").
ANTIOCHUS III
chus r.
CE ; to r., PJ.
Tetradrachm.
541. JR f 17.06. Obv. die of WSM 1430-
31a; rev. monograms of WSM
1430 ("Sardes: Antiochus Hie-
rax").
NORTH CENTRAL REGION: UNCERTAIN MINTS
SELEUCUS I
r.; dotted border.
eagle and scepter; dotted
border.
Tetradrachms.
542. JR *- 16.54. Rev. to 1., wheel; beneath
throne, C. The wheel symbol
relates this coin to several issues
of Philip III issued at Babylon
(E. T. Newell, Alexander Hoards
II: Demanhur, 1905, ANSNNM
19 [New York, 1923], 4609; M.
Kampmann, "Un tresor d'Alex-
1 The sharing of magisterial responsibilities at different cities also appears to have occurred at the
mints of Tarsus and Soli between the reigns of Antiochus III and Demetrius I (see the introduction to
Soli).
Uncertain North
45
andres," RN 1972, p. 161, 141-
54), but its striking is flatter than
is generally the case with early
eastern Seleucid issues. Several
coins of Antioch bear monograms
which could be related to those
on this issue (WSM 908-10), but
the tetradrachms of the Antio-
chene series portray Zeus holding
Nike rather than an eagle, and
they are stylistically different
in any event. Reported to be
from southern Turkey.
543. A I 16.79. Rev. to L, W; beneath
throne, itl . Obv. die and rev.
monograms of WSM 1332, as-
signed by Newell to the area of
Cappadocia and northern Syria.
Reported to be from a hoard from
Iraq.
SELEUCUS II
Obv. Diademed head of Seleucus
r.
tripod.

544. A f 17.09. Rev. to 1. of legs, AI; to r.,
HP. Dies of WSM 1642, which
Newell suggests was struck east or
south of the Taurus mountains.
Reported to be from a hoard from
northern Syria.
545. A f 17.12. Obv. dotted border. Rev.
to 1., A; to r., R. See Seyrig,
Trtsors 1.145, a tetradrachm with
similar monograms.
SELEUCUS III
dotted border.
Rev. BAZIAEQZ ZEAEYKOY Apol-
lo, nude to waist, seated 1. on
omphalos, holding bow and
resting 1. elbow on tripod;
outer 1. field monogram ^
off flan; in outer r. field,;
in exergue, elephant walking
1.
Tetradrachm.
546. A f 17.01. MuM 47, 30 Nov. 1972,
522. Obv. and rev. dies of WSM
1028 ("Antioch") and De Clercq
60. Seyrig, Trisors 1.85 (this
coin). The stylistic reasons sup-
porting an attribution of this
coin to Antioch do not appear
to be as unequivocal as Newell
suggests (WSM, p. 133), and its
monograms cannot be related
closely to known issues of Seleucus
assigned with certainty to this
city. See WSM, p. 234 regarding
the attribution of WSM 1330, a
coin of Seleucus III with the same
unusual reverse type, judged by
Newell to have been struck in
Cilicia and tentatively assigned to
Seleucia ad Calycadnum. An is-
46
ANTIOCHUS III or IV
Obv. Head of Heracles r.; dotted
border.
standing 1., holding wreath;
to 1., H>; dotted border.
548. JE \ 4.19. For a parallel, see SNGCop-
Sgria 208 ("Antiochus IV," now
attributed by Merkholm to An-
tiochus III), a bronze with obv.
head of Zeus; rev. Nike holding a
wreath. Reported to be from
southern Turkey.
Obv. Head of Apollo r.; dotted
border.
Rev. BAZIAEQZ ANTIOXOY Athena
wearing crested Corinthian
helmet seated 1. on throne,
holding Nike and resting 1.
elbow on shield.
549. JE f 12.31. Rev. in inner 1. field, Z.
550. JE f 15.46. Rev. in inner 1. field, A .
D. Cox, A Tarsus Coin Collection in
the Adana Museum, ANSNNM 92 (New
York, 1941), p. 63, 238, suggests that

coins of the above type may have been
struck at Mallus under Antiochus IV.
For silver issues of Cilicia with the
reverse type of a seated Athena (or
Athena-Tyche) attributed to Soli, see
528-29 and related commentary, above.
No. 549 is said to be from southern
Turkey; 550, from northern Syria. A.
Spaer has reported other examples
from Antakya (Antioch) and Jerusalem.
DEMETRIUS I
Tyche seated 1. on throne,
holding scepter and cornu-
copiae.
Tetradrachms.
551. A f 16.22. Rev. to 1., N<; to r., l*J .
552. A f 16.37. Rev. to 1., AfC above fore-
part of griffin 1. Possibly struck
at a Cilician mint.
553. A f 16.65. Rev. to 1., . HLR,
p. 118, 83 (this coin). The style
and monogram of this coin appear
to exclude Antioch as its issuing
mint. Its eastern provenance
suggests a northern Syrian or
Mesopotamian mint.
554. A \ 15.60. Rev. to 1., R above >W; in
exergue, A EP (AEP, 161 S.E.
= 152/1 B.C.). This coin and
the drachm 555, below, both of
light weight, cursory style and
with crudely rendered inscriptions,
appear to be barbaric copies of
Demetrius's regular issues struck
at Antioch.
Obv. Type as 554; fillet border.
Rev. BAZIAEQZ AHMHTPIOY IQ-
THPOZ, crudely rendered;
cornucopiae; to lower r., H IA
(?) above A or A (possibly the
Uncertain North
47
ALEXANDER I BALAS
Obv. Diademed head of Alexan-
der r.
9EOTTATOPOZ KAI EYEPTE-
TOY Zeus seated 1. on throne,
holding Nike and scepter.
Tetradrachms.
558. JR / 16.90. Rev. in exergue, H. Obv.
die and rev. monogram of Seyrig,
Trisors 24.9. Seyrig attributes
this coin to Antioch but notes the
unusual portrait style.
559. JR f 16.77. Obv. fillet border.
dotted border.
Athena standing L, holding
owl in r. hand and resting 1.
on shield; laurel wreath bor-
der.
560. JE f 13.38. BMC, p. 56, 55.
Alexander r.

holding eagle and scepter.
561. JE f 9.32. Rev. beneath throne, A; in
exergue, %P . See Babelon
832, a bronze issue of similar type
without recorded monogram or
date.
562. JE / 8.07. Rev. in exergue, |7 or f~I.
Nos. 561-62 are from Lebanon. A.
Spaer reports other examples from
Jerusalem with monograms A beneath
throne, H* in exergue.
563. JE / 7.16. Obv. dotted border. Rev.
beneath throne, anchor. Serrated
edge. BMC, p. 54, 35; SNGCop-
Syria 260. G. Macdonald's attri-
bution of coins of this type to
Antioch (Hunter 3, p. 64, 48-49)
has been accepted by Newell
(SMA, p. 55). Their portrait
style and absence of monograms,
however, makes such an assign-
ment uncertain. Said to be from
Lebanon. A. Spear reports simi-
lar bronze issues from Jerusalem.
Obv. Head of Antiochus IV as
Dionysus, wearing ivy leaf
diadem.
Rev. BAZIAEQZ ANTIOXOY Thyr-
sos; to 1., date, if any, in-
distinguishable; to lower r.,
; ivy wreath border.
564. JE f 8.13. See SNGFitz 5681, a simi-
lar bronze which shows the date
BEP (162 S.E. = 151/0 B.C.).
O. Morkholm, "A Posthumous
Issue of Antiochus IV of Syria,"
JVC 1983 (forthcoming), has
convincingly attributed 564 and
the Fitzwilliam coin to Apamea,
struck during Alexander's first
year of rule. From Lebanon.
48
r.; dotted border.
Rev. BAZIAEQZ AHMHTPIOY Nl-
KATOPOZ Inverted anchor.
Drachms.
567. JR f 4.04.
568. JR. j 4.13. Rev. N KATOPOZ; in inner
1. field, lily. Auctiones 5, 2 Dec.
1975, 204. Babelon 934 (where
symbol is described as a rose).
The above drachms and the following
two bronze coins of Demetrius differ in
their inscriptions but are related by type,
portrait style and the form of the reverse
anchor, and would appear to have been
issued from the same mint. Similar
drachms generally have a single symbol
or monogram (De Clercq 166, with A;
A. Cahn 71,14 Oct. 1931, 539, with PO),
or none; the bronzes have either a star
(Babelon 935) or no identifying mark.
On his return from Parthian captivity
in 129 B.C., Demetrius dropped the
epithet OI AAAEAOOY completely

from his coinage. Nos. 567-68 and 577-
78, belowthe latter of which have been
attributed on the basis of portraiture
only, not always the safest guide in
Demetrius's caseseem to anticipate
this epigraphic change.
Obv. As 567.
TOPOZ Inverted anchor.
569. JE f 4.41. BMC, p. 61, 25.
570. JE j 4.76.
Nos. 569-70 are from Lebanon. Others
have been seen among a small group of
late Seleucid bronze issues struck at
Antioch. A. Spaer reports one example
from Istanbui.
Obv. As 567.
571. JE f 5.22. Rev. to 1., A.
572. JE f 3.53. Obv. die of 571? Rev.
monogram, if any, indistinguish-
able.
573. JE / 4.03. Rev. monogram, if any,
indistinguishable.
Nos. 571-73 are related to the preced-
ing bronze issues by type, but differ in
flan size, portrait style, and the form of
the anchor and inscription. All are from
Lebanon; A. Spear reports others from
Israei. They may have been issued by
a mint in the Seleucis and Pieria
region or in northern Phoenicia.
Obv. As 567.
Rev. Inscription as 569; tongs.
574. JE f 3.48.
575. JE j 2.98. Dies of Babelon 944 (whose
obverse head is described as that
of Demeter).
The close stylistic relationship of the
obverse of 574 to that of 571-72 may in-
dicate their issuance from the same mint,
or from mints operating within the same
Uncertain Norrra
49
Obv. Diademed, unbearded head of
Demetrius r.; fillet border.
NIKATOPOZ Zeus seated 1.
on throne, holding eagle and
scepter; beneath throne, .
580. JE / 8.28.
581. JE f 7.51. Rev. inscription partly off
flan; monograms, if any, indistin-
guishable. From Lebanon. A. Spear
reports others from Jerusalem.
r.; fillet border.
Tetradrachms.
582. JR f 15.45. Rev. to 1. 101 above UP.
583. JR \ 16.40. Obv. die of 582. Rev. toi.,
& above W. J. Malter, FPL,
Winter 1981 (Collector's Journal
of Ancient Art, Voi. 3, Nos. 2-4),
p. 12, 28.

The lower monogram of 582-83 ap-
pears on Tarsid issues of Demetrius II,
Second Reign, with Sandan-type rever-
ses. They may have been struck at
Tarsus or another Cilician city.
584. JR f 16.73. Rev. toi., EY. Obv. die and
rev. monogram of Seyrig, Trisors
30.342.
585. JR f 17.17. Rev. to 1., (51 above H;
beneath throne, ffl . Obv. die and
rev. monograms of Seyrig, Trisors
30.348.
CHUS VIII
Obv. Jugate busts of Cleopatra
with diadem, stephane and
veil, and Antiochus with dia-
dem, r.; dotted border.
9EAZ KAI BAZIAEQZ ANTIO-
XOY Nike walking 1., hold-
ing wreath; to 1., I-P.
586. JE f 7.69. BMC, p. 86, 7 (where mo-
nogram is given as H); SNGCop-
Syria 381-82; see also Babelon
1365, a bronze issue of similar
type, with aphlaston. A. Spaer
reports other examples with outer
1. field monogram T, inner 1.
field monogram H\ Newell, LSM,
p. 62, suggests this coin may have
been struck at Tarsus. Neither
the symbol nor the monograms
recorded for coins of this type are
known to have been used on silver
issues of this period at Tarsus,
however. From Lebanon.
ANTIOCHUS VIII
r.; fillet border.
OANOYZ Zeus standing 1.,
holding star and scepter; to 1.,
50
ANTIOCHUS XI AND PHILIP
PHILADELPHUS
Obv. Jugate heads of Philip and
Rev. BAZIAEQZ ANTIOXOY KAI
BAZIAEQZ GIAITTTTOY Zeus
seated 1. on throne, hold-
ing Nike and scepter; outer 1.
field monograms off flan; be-
neath throne, A; laurel wreath
border.
Tetradrachm.
589. JR f 14.53. Babelon 1540; Obv. die of
Leu 20, 25 Apr. 1978, 166, and
Hess-Leu, 24 Mar. 1959, 296,
now in New York (ANS, Kelley).
PHILIP PHILADELPHUS
Rev. BAlIAEQZ OIAITTTTOY ETTI-
OANOYZ OIAAAEAOOY
Zeus seated 1. on throne, hold-
ing Nike and scepter; laurel
wreath border.
Tetradrachms.
590. JR. f 15.61. Rev. to 1., tfil; beneath
throne, A; in exergue, M" . Kri-

cheldorf 33, 12 Oct. 1978, 147.
SMA 455.
Newell assigned 590 to Antioch with
reservation (SMA, p. 122). Its style and
monograms are significantly different
from Philip's issues which can be at-
tributed to Antioch with certainty.
591. JR f 15.93. Rev. outer 1. field mono-
grams, if any, indistinguishable;
beneath throne, A.
Obv. Diademed head of Philip r.;
fillet border.
WESTERN REGlON
WEST ASIA MINOR: SARDES
One of the major cities of Asia Minor with a long history of settlement, Sardes had
operated a flourishing mint under Alexander and his immediate successors through the
greater part of Lysimachus's reign.1 The mint was evidently closed during the occupation
of the city by Demetrius Poliorcetes in 297 R.C., but was reopened after the arrival of
Seleucus I fifteen years later.
Under the first Seleucid rulers, Sardes became a major stronghold of the Empire in the
west, its mint producing a prolific number of royal silver and some bronze issues through
the reign of Antiochus Hierax.' The city was taken by Attalus I in 226 B.C.; from that date
until its recapture four years later by Achaeus, acting for Antiochus III, Sardes's mint struck
tetradrachms of Alexandrine (Heracles head) obverses but bearing local types or symbols
on their reverses.3 In c. 221 B.C. Achaeus revolted, holding Sardes until he was overthrown
and executed by Antiochus in 215 B.C. The Seleucid era at Sardes ended with the defeat of
Antiochus by the armies of Rome at Magnesia on the Sipylum in 190 B.C.
SELEUCUS I
Obv.
lion's
Rev.
Head of Heracles in
BAZIAEQZ ZEAEYKOY Zeus
Nike and scepter; dotted bor-
der.
Tetradrachms.
A f 16.81. Rev. to 1., shield, on center

of which E ;beneath throne, AZ.
Dies A1-P3 of WSM 1350.
17.13. Rev. to 1., E; beneath
throne, $1 . Dies A2-P9 of WSM
1354.
594. A / 17.04. Rev. to 1., AZ; beneath
throne, Z . Dies of WSM
1356.
592.
593. A f
ANTIOCHUS I
r.; dotted border.
Nike and scepter; to L, ^5
above I ; dotted border.
Tetradrachm.
595. A \ 17.09. Dies of WSM 1360.
Obv. Horned and diademed head of
Seleucus I r.
holding bow; to 1. of legs, ;
in exergue, I .
Tetradrachm.
596. A / 16.97. Hess-Leu 24,16 Apr. 1964,
233. Obv. die of WSM 1367;
rev. monograms of WSM 1366.
1 For a review of the coinage of Sardes under Alexander, Philip III and Antigonus, see M. Thompson
and A. Bellinger, "Greek Coins in the Yale Collection, IV: A Hoard of Alexander Drachms," Yale
Classical Studies 14 (1955), pp. 3-45; for the Sardian issues of Lysimachus, M. Thompson, Lysimachus,
pp. 172-73.
* WSM, pp. 242-71, revised for the reign of Antiochus Hierax and later by Morkholm, Sardes, pp.
5-20. Some drachm issues of Seleucus II attributed by Newell to Sardes have been reattributed herein
to Magnesia on the Maeander (618-20).
* H. Seyrig, "Monnaies hellenistiques: VII. Sardes," RN 1963, pp. 35-38.
52
ANTIOCHUS II
I r.
exergue, fit.
Tetradrachm.
597. A f 16.70. Obv. die and rev. mono-
grams of WSM 1387.
Obv. Laureate head of Apollo r.
pod; in exergue, anchor.
598. JE f 4.55. Rev. to 1., partly off flan,
W; to r., monogram off flan.
599. JE f 4.59. Rev. to L, Y ; r. field mo-
nogram off flan.
600. JE f 3.52. Rev. to 1., H (T ?); to r.,
t. WSM 1394.
601. JE f 3.97. Rev. to 1., M; to r., Af.
See WSM 1412, with a different
r. field monogram.
602. JE \ 4.00. Rev. to 1., bunch of grapes
above Z or E; to r., W; no anchor
in exergue.

Obv. As 598.
Rev. BAZIAEQZ ANTIOXOY Ki-
thara; to r., X; in exergue,
anchor.
603. JE f 1.84. WSM 1397.
SELEUCUS II FIRST REIGN
Rev. BAZIAEQZ ZEAEYKOYNude
tripod.
Tetradrachms.
604. A / 17.13. Rev. to 1., N above N<.
WSM 1315 ("Tarsus"). Both
Newell (WSM, p. 244) and Mork-
holm, (Sardes, p. 20) have noted
the difficulty of distinguishing
the early issues of Seleucus II at
Tarsus from those of Sardes.
Newell assigned this coin to the
former mint on the basis of the
monogram NC, which appears at
Tarsus under Antiochus II (WSM
1310-11), Ptolemy III and later
under Antiochus III (WSM 1261-
69, "Tyre", reattributed by Mork-
holm: see above, Tarsus-Antio-
chus III). Both mints have
several monograms in common,
however, and the presence of NK
is not conclusive for a determin-
ation of attribution. No. 604's
other monogram N , moreover,
relates it to earlier issues of An-
tiochus II given by Newell to
Sardes (e.g., 597, above), as well
as to other issues of Seleucus II
more certainly attributed to this
mint, to which it bears a strong
stylistic resemblance (605, below).
605. A f 16.52. Rev. to 1., A above IT.
Auctiones 3, 4 Dec. 1973, 195.
Seyrig, Trisors 1.17 (this coin).
West Asia Minor
53
ACHAEUS
Obv. Diademed bust of Achaeus r.;
dotted border.
Rev. BAZIAEQZ AXAIOY Athena
striding 1., holding shield and
spear; to 1., horse's head 1.;
tor., AI.
Tetradrachm.
608. JR f 16.85. Leu 20, 25 Apr. 1978,160;
MuM 19, 5 Jun. 1959, 536. Obv.
die of WSM 1440.
Rev. BAZIAEQZ AXAIOY Eagle,
palm branch behind 1. shoul-
der, standing r.; monograms,
if any, off flan.
609. JE f 6.58. Rev. counterstamp: horse's
head r. within ovai. See WSM
14450, WSM 1449-50 for similar
counterstamped coins of Acha-
eus.
610. JE f 3.61. Rev. no palm branch.
ANTIOCHUS III SECOND REIGN
r.

Tetradrachm.
611. JR f 16.65. Kricheldorf 34, 24 Jun.
1980, 175. Obv. die of WSM
1693|3-y. Merkholm, Sardes, pp.
15-16, obv. die A2.
WEST ASIA MINOR: MAGNESIA ON THE MAEANDER
The prolific coinage in both gold and silver initiated at Magnesia by Lysimachus was
not continued after the fall of the city to Seleucus I in 282 B.C., to whom only a single issue,
in bronze, has been attributed (WSM 1469). The striking of royal silver was resumed late
in the reign of Antiochus I, apparently ending during the early years of Antiochus Hierax.1
References are to H. Seyrig, Magnisie.
The coins of Antiochus II follow Seyrig's
proposed sequence.
ANTIOCHUS II
r.; dotted border.
holding bow.
Tetradrachm.
JR / 16.97. Rev. to 1.
Feb. 1978, 193;
Jun. 1925, 896.
WSM 1477y (this coin).
Drachms.
JR f 4.27. Rev. to 1., . Dies of
WSM 1475a. Seyrig, p. 31, 4.
612.
613.
M. NFA 5, 23
Naville 10, 25
Seyrig, p. 31, 2
614. JR ] 4.38. Rev. to r., fj. Obv. die of
WSM 1479a; rev. monogram of
WSM 1480. Seyrig, p. 31, 6.
Tetradrachm.
615. JR f 17.15. Rev. in exergue, AZK.
Dies of WSM 14760. Seyrig,
p. 31, 7.
54
SELEUCUS II
tripod.
Drachms.
618. A f 4.14. Rev.tol.,fit; to r., / . Obv.
die of WSM 1422 ("Sardes").
619. A f 4.22. Rev. t0 1> IA; r. field
monogram off flan. J. Schulman
265, 28 Sep. 1976, 212.
Nos. 618-19 have been attributed to
Magnesia because of their relationship to
620, a drachm of Antiochus Hierax
whose monograms they share. The latter
has been attributed to this mint because
of the bow held in Apollo's hand, and
by the covering of Apollo's legs, a feature
whose significance for the development
of the Seleucid coinage of Magnesia was
first pointed out by Seyrig (Magnisie,
p. 33).
It follows from the above reattribu-
tions that the drachm series, WSM

1420-23, should be shifted from Sardes
to Magnesia. This would be consistent
with the striking history of both mints,
since Sardes is not known to have issued
drachms later than the time of Seleucus
I, while Magnesia had done so under
both Antiochus I and II.
ANTIOCHUS HIERAX
Hierax r.
Rev. BAZIAEQZ ANTIOXOY Apol-
lo, nude to waist, seated 1. on
omphalos, holding bow; to 1.,
M; to r., fi.
Drachm.
620. A f 4.18. Kastner 6, 26 Nov. 1974,
175.
WEST ASIA MINOR: SMYRNA
Smyrna became a Seleucid possession along with other major towns of Asia Minor
following the Battle of Corupedium in 281 B.C. Although Lysimachus had opened a
mint at Smyrna,1 no Seleucid coins prior to the reign of Antiochus I have been attributed
to this city. Whether or not Smyrna struck coinage under Antiochus II is question-
able.2 No later Seleucid issues have been identified with this mint.
1 Thompson, Lysimachus, pp. 180-81.
* WSM 1497, a stater with a standing Athena reverse, should be assigned to Myrina on the basis
of its relationship to 628 below, a stater of similar type which shares its symbol and monogram with
WSM 1525-27. The tetradrachm issue WSM 1498, given by Newell to Antiochus II, should be re-
assigned to Antiochus I because of its monogram $ and its clear relationship to 622, which shares
both < and /fc with WSM 1493-95. WSM 1499-1500, tetradrachms with an idealized portrait of
Antiochus II, have a general affinity to coins struck at various mints in western Asia Minor, but bear
little relationship to earlier Seleucid issues attributed more securely to Smyrna (the only particular
point in common, noted by Newell, is the palm branch bound with a fillet which appears on WSM
1499, which is the same as that carried by Athena on the stater WSM 1497herein assigned to Myrina).
West Asia Minor
55
ANTIOCHUS I
r.; dotted border.
inverted anchor above;
to r., < .
Tetradrachm.
621. /Rf 17.04. NFA 2, 25 Mar. 1976,282.
Dies of WSM 1493 (where 1. field
monogram is rendered W).
Obv. Type as 621; no border.
Apollo to 1., on seat adorned
with lion's leg, holding arrow
and bow; to 1. of Apollo's
head, ; beneath hand, A;
in exergue, (= ?).
Stater.
622. AI f 8.48. See WSM 1494, a tetra-
drachm with the monograms <
and A; WSM 1498, a tetra-
drachm attributed to Antiochus
II which shows Apollo on a simi-

lar seat and which carries the
monograms A and t .
WEST ASIA MINOR: PHOCAEA
The mint of Phocaea appears to have opened only after the accession of Antiochus I to
the Seleucid throne. A series of silver issues has been attributed to this king and to An-
tiochus II at Phocaea, and a single tetradrachm (WSM 1509) has been tentatively given
to Antiochus Hierax at this mint. No later Seleucid coinage is known for Phocaea.
ANTIOCHUS II
r.; dotted border.
Rev. BAZIAEQZ ANTIOXOY Hera-
cles seated 1. on rock, resting
r. hand on club; to 1., griffin's
head above A, partly off flan.
Tetradrachm.
A f 17.02. G. Hirsch, 21 Feb. 1963,
1309a. Dies of WSM 1506a.
Olcay and Seyrig, Mektepini 235,
have assigned this coin to Assos
on the basis of its griffin's head
symbol, which was a badge of that
city as well as of Phocaea. Newell's
attribution has been retained in
view of the ambiguous evidence.
See 677, below, a tetradrachm of
uncertain attribution, also with
a griffin's head symboi.
II r.
exergue, seal 1.
Tetradrachm.
624. JR f 17.15. Obv. die of WSM 1633;
obv. and rev. dies of H. Troxell,
"Greek Accessions: Asia Minor to
India," ANSMN 22 (1977), p. 24,
12.
56
Akthur Houghton Collection
WEST ASIA MINOR: MAGNESIA AD SIPYLUM (?)
The existence of a Seleucid mint at Magnesia is questionable. Newell assigned coins of
Antiochus I to this city on the basis of their typological relationship to issues identified
with Phocaea, Cyme, Myrina and Aegae, taken together with their lack of stylistic affinity
to such issues.1 The case for such an attribution is not strong, but none better has been
made for WSM 1456-58. No other Seleucid coinage can be attributed to Magnesia.8
ANTIOCHUS I
r.; dotted border.
cles seated 1. on rock, resting r.
hand on club; in exergue,
.E H>.
Tetradrachm.
625. A / 16.93. Leu 15, 4 May 1976, 344;
Naville 10, 15 Jun. 1925, 900.
WSM 1456, A3-P3 (this coin).
Obv. Helmeted bust of Athena,
facing; dotted border.
Rev. BAZIAEQZ ANTIOXOY Nike,
palm branch behind shoulder,
walking 1., holding wreath;
to 1., .E .
626. JE f 2.75. WSM 1458.
627. JE j 2.43. Rev. monogram off flan.

WEST ASIA MINOR: MYRINA
Known Seleucid coinage of Myrina is limited to two gold staters (628, below, and WSM
1497, "Smyrna") and three tetradrachm issues (WSM 1525-27) struck under Antiochus II.
ANTIOCHUS II
Obv.
I r.
Rev. BAZIAEQZ ANTIOXOY Athe-
na, shield to 1. of legs, stand-
ing 1., holding Nike and palm
branch; to 1., amphora; to r.,
+.
Stater.
N f 8.56. The attribution of this coin
is based on its symbol and mono-
gram, which are shared by the
629.
tetradrachm issues WSM 1525-
27.
WSM 1497 ("Smyrna"), a stater
of similar type but less determi-
nate portrait should be reassigned
to Myrina.
cles seated 1. on rock, resting
r. hand on club; to 1., ampho-
ra; to lower r., (I>.
Tetradrachm.
A f 17.12. Dies of WSM 1525cc-B.
1 WSM, pp. 272-73.
2 The single issue of Seleucus II, WSM 1459, and the succeeding series of Antiochus Hierax, WSM
1460-67, which Newell tentatively assigned to Magnesia have been reattributed by Seyrig to Parium
(q.v.).
West Asia Minor
57
WEST ASIA MINOR: AEGAE
Like Myrina, Aegae appears to have struck Seleucid coinage only under Antiochus II.
The variety of issues now known to have been produced by this mint tends to sustain
Newell's judgement that Aegae did not fall to Pergamum until some time after 252 B.C.
(WSM p. 309).
ANTIOCHUS II
Obv.
630.
I r.; dotted border.
holding arrow and bow; mo-
nogram to 1. off flan; to r., E;
in exergue, goat's head r.
Tetradrachm.
A f 16.68. Obv. die of WSM 1514,
recut; rev. die of WSM 1666.
n. 2 (this coin).
II r.
Stater.
631. Al f 8.57. Rev. to 1., AE; to r., traces
of monogram; in exergue, goat's

head r. Houghton, Tarik Darreh,
p. 32, 1 (this coin).
Tetradrachm.
632. JR / 16.97. Obv. Dotted border. Rev.
to 1., CZ above goat's head 1.
above A. Dies of WSM 1515.
WEST ASIA MINOR: PERGAMUM
Established by Lysimachus, the mint at Pergamum struck a very brief monumental
coinage under Seleucus I (633) after the Battle of Corupedium. Following Seleucus's
assassination in 280 B.C., Pergamum, under Philetaerus, issued Alexandrine tetradrachms
in the name of both Alexander and Seleucus (634), replacing these about five years later
with issues bearing Seleucus's portrait but Philetaerus's own name (635). In 262 B.C.
Philetaerus's successor, Eumenes, defeated Antiochus I at Sardes, confirming Pergamene
independence from the Seleucid state.
References are to E. T. Newell, The
Pergamene Mint Under Philetaerus,
ANSNNM 76 (New York, 1936).
SELEUCUS I
Obv. Horned head of bridled horse
r.; dotted border.
phant walking r.; above, bee;
below anchor.
Tetradrachm.
633. A f 17.25. Leu-MuM, 28 May 1974,
249. Obv. die of Newell, p. 10,1,1.
WSM 1528. The Search for
Alexander, Supplement 2. Museum
of Fine Arts (Boston, 1981), p. 4,
3 (this coin).
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PHILETAERUS
skin r.
eagle and scepter; to 1., head
of Athena r.; beneath throne
ova1.
Tetradrachm.
634. JR f 16.87. Dies of Newell, p. 20,
22a (= WSM 15350).
Obv. Diademed head of Seleucus I
r.; dotted border.
Rev. OIAETAIPOY Athena seated
1. on throne, holding shield
and spear; to 1., ivy leaf; to r.,
bow; in exergue, .
Tetradrachm.
635. A f 16.76. Leu-MuM, 28 May 1974,
250. Dies of Newell, p. 25, 30a
(= MFA 1608).
HELLESPONT: ALEXANDRIA TROAS
The early mint history of Alexandria Troas parallels that of other cities in the Hellespont-
Troad area. The city struck extensively under Lysimachus,1 following whose death it issued
Alexandrine tetradrachms and civic bronze types through the reigns of the first Seleucid

kings.2 The earliest royal Seleucid coins of Alexandria did not appear until the reign
of Antiochus II.3
No coinage of Seleucus II is known for this mint; but Antiochus Hierax evidently chose
the city to be his primary administrative center, instituting a major series of coins whose
output continued until his defeat by Attalus I in 229/8 B.C.4
ANTIOCHUS II
Obv. Head of Antiochus wearing
winged diadem r.; dotted bor-
der.
PI ; to r., *E ; in exergue, graz-
ing horse, r.
Tetradrachms.
grams and symbol of WSM 1562.
637. A f 16.95. Obv. die and rev. mono-
grams and symbol of WSM 1563.
Obv. die of WSM 1555 ("Abydus",
reattributed to Lampsacus by
Houghton, Lampsacus, p. 65)
and WSM 1560 ("Ilium").
ANTIOCHUS HIERAX
Rev. AAESANAPOY Nike stand-
ing 1., holding wreath and
stylis; to 1., W ; to 1., of Athe-
na's legs, grazing horse 1.; to
lower r., .K .
Stater.
638. A f 8.42. WSM, p. 340 and pi. 73,
A; Bellinger, Troy, p. 92, A126
1 Thompson, Lysimachus, pp. 176-77. Bellinger, Troy, p. 78, suggests that Alexandria may have
issued bronze coinage under its founder, Antigonus.
* Bellinger, Troy, pp. 82-86.
8 WSM 1561-66.
* WSM 1567-92; Bellinger, Troy, pp. 88-90.
Hellespont
59
(where monograms are rendered
ff> and K ). H. Seyrig, "Mon-
naies hellnistiques: XIV. Sta-
teres d'or pseudalexandrins," RN
1969, pp. 37-38, suggests that
this issue was struck at Alexan-
dria after Hierax's downfall c.
229/8 B.C.
Obv. Head of Antiochus I wearing
winged diadem r.
exergue, grazing horse 1.
(639-40, 643, 645-46) or r.
(641-42, 644).
Tetradrachms.
639. JR \ 16.94. Rev. to 1., ft ; to r., A.
See Mektepini 209 for a tetra-
drachm with similar 1. field mo-
nogram.
640. /R f 16.77. Rev. to 1., #] above <B1 .
Leu 13, 29 Apr. 1975, 299. Dies
of Mektepini 212, where mono-
grams are given as A and B' .

641. Ml 16.78. Rev. in outer 1. field, 1*1;
to lower 1., ta. Naville 10, 15
Jun. 1925, 894. WSM 1571y
(this coin).
642. M f 16.97. Rev. to 1., H above PI.
Obv. die of WSM 1574a; rev.
die of WSM 1574(3.
643. A f 16.88. Rev. beneath Apollo's feet,
V, N . Dies of WSM 1577.
644. A f 15.92. Rev. to 1., M above HO
Obv. die of WSM 1581-83.
645. A f 17.01. Rev. to r., W ; in r. exer-
gue, A . Dies of WSM 1590,
whose exergue monogram was
recut to the form &.
in outer 1. field, A (?); in inner 1.
field, .K .
HELLESPONT: ILIUM
The mint at Ilium opened under Lysimachus with the issuance of municipal bronze
coinage, whose type was retained after Lysimachus's defeat at Corupedium and through
the reign of Antiochus I.1 The first identifiable silver coinage of Ilium was struck by
Antiochus II;2 royal silver issues were produced thereafter under Seleucus II and Antiochus
Hierax until the latter's defeat by Attalus I in 229/8 B.C.3
SELEUCUS II
dotted border.
tripod; to 1., branch with
leaves and berries.
Tetradrachm.
647. M f 17.09. Myers 9, 5 Dec. 1974, 180.
Dies of WSM 1595 ("Sigeum").
Bellinger, Troy, p. 18, T10.
1 A. R. Bellinger, "The Earliest Coins of Ilium," ANSMN 7 (1956), pp. 43-49.
* WSM 1555, struck from an obverse die first used at Lampsacus: see Houghton, Lampsacus, p. 65
n. 3.
3 Bellinger, Troy, pp. 17-21.
60
ANTIOCHUS HIERAX
Hierax r.,
Tetradrachms.
to 1., owl 3/4 r. Dies of WSM
1597 ("Sigeum"). Bellinger, Troy,
p. 18, T12.
649. A f 16.56. Rev. to 1., (I; to r., B-;
in exergue, owl 3/4 1. Obv. die of
WSM 1598-1600 ("Sigeum"). For
another example struck from the
same dies, see Hess-Leu 36, 17
Apr. 1968, 317.
650. A f 16.83. Rev. to r., .V ; in exergue,
Jt. Obv. die of WSM 1601,
recut. WSM 1608 (this coin);
Bellinger Troy, p. 19, T23 (this
coin).
HELLESPONT: LAMPSACUS
A major mint under Lysimachus, Lampsacus appears to have ceased production entirely
until the reign of Antiochus II, to whom but a single issue has been attributed.1 No

coinage from this city has been assigned to Seleucus II, and the mint may have undergone a
hiatus from Antiochus's death until c. 240-239 B.C., when Antiochus Hierax initiated a
series of tetradrachms second in importance only to his coinage at Alexandria Troas. The
Seleucid era at Lampsacus ended with the defeat of Hierax by Attalus I in 229/8 B.C.
ANTIOCHUS HIERAX
Hierax r.
Tetradrachms.
651. A \ 16.89. Rev. to 1., of legs, long
torch; in exergue, XE and eagle to
1. Obv. die of Houghton, Lamp-
sacus, p. 61, A3. The monogram
is a variant, and probably the
prototype, of Houghton, p. 60,
Series I, Group A. WSM 1558
must therefore be considered a
regular issue of Lampsacus and
not a barbaric imitation.
652. A f 16.99. Rev. in outer 1. field,
eagle above W; in inner 1. field,
long torch. Houghton, Lampsacus,
p. 61, dies A5-P7 (this coin).
653. A f 16.32. Rev. to 1., long torch; in
exergue, forepart of winged horse
to 1., and W. NFA FPL 4, No. 2
(1975), H56; Leu 13, 29 Apr.
1975, 298. Houghton, Lampsacus,
p. 62, dies A8-P13 (this coin).
654. A f 17.07. Rev. in exergue, W. Obv.
die of Houghton, Lampsacus,
p. 61, A2; rev. monogram of WSM
1550 (Houghton, p. 66, n. 9:
"elsewhere"). This coin compels
the inclusion of WSM 1550 in
the Lampsacus coinage of An-
tiochus Hierax. The state of
wear of its obverse die indicates
that it may have been struck after
the beginning of the author's
Series 3, toward the midpoint of
Hellespont
61
HELLESPONT: PARIUM
Along with other important cities of the Propontis, the mint of Parium opened toward
the end of Lysimachus's reign, issuing coinage in Lysimachus's name until the latter's
death, then Alexandrine tetradrachms.1 A coin of Seleucus II may be the first strictly
Seleucid issue attributable to this mint.2 The major tetradrachm series initiated by An-
tiochus Hierax ended with Hierax's defeat by the Pergamenes in 229/8 B.C.
ANTIOCHUS HIERAX
Hierax r.
Tetradrachms.
1 656. A f 16.97. Rev. to 1., star; in exer-
gue, . Obv. die of WSM 1461.
657. JR \ 16.63. Rev. in exergue, Pan (?)
and bull charging r. Dies of
Seyrig, Parion, p. 608, 28, III-D.
658. A f 16.64. Rev. to 1., 7\ ; to r., satyr's
mask. Dies of WSM 1466 ("Mag-
nesia ad Sipylum"). Seyrig,
Parion, p. 608, 35, VIb-K.
HELLESPONT: LYSIMACHIA
The first city to strike coinage under Lysimachus after its founding in 309/8 B.C.,
Lysimachia was never more than a minor mint under the Seleucids. Only coinage of An-

tiochus II and Antiochus Hierax appear to have been struck at this mint.3
ANTIOCHUS HIERAX
Obv. Diademed head of king r.
Tetradrachms.
659. A f 16.99. Rev. in exergue, &4
(= M ?), lion's head r. and GE .
Sternberg, 25 Nov. 1976, 144.
Obv. die and rev. monograms
of WSM 1617.
660. A f 16.82. Rev. to 1., M; in exergue,
G. Myers 12, 4 Dec. 1975, 240.
Dies of WSM 1619oc-y. The left
field monogram has been recut
over another, possibly M or t^>
although the form is unclear.
661. A \ 16.89. Obv. die of 660. Rev. to 1.,
W above itl. Obv. die and rev.
monograms of WSM 1620.
662. A f 16.79. Rev. in exergue, forepart
of winged horse 1. Dies of Stern-
berg 10, 25 Nov. 1980, 170.
The exergue symbol suggests a
relationship to Lampsacus. This
coin's distinctive obverse style,
however, links it most closely to
coins attributed by Newell to
Lysimachia, especially WSM
1616-18.
1 Thompson, Lysimachus, p. 180; Seyrig, Parion, pp. 606-9.
* WSM 1459, accepted with reservation by Seyrig.
3 Despite the sharp features of the portrait, which suggest those of Antiochus III, C. Boehringer's
tentative reassignment of WSM 1615-21 to Antiochus Hierax (Chronologie, p. 161, 29) has been sup-
ported by other hoard evidence: E. Laroche, "Les fouilles de Meydandjik, pres de Guluar (Turquie)
et le tresor mondtaire helldnistique," Comptes rendus de VAcadimie des Inscriptions el Belles-Lettres
(Paris), 1981, pp. 356-70, especially p. 369.
62
WESTERN REGION: UNCERTAIN MINTS
SELEUCUS I
and stylis (?); to lower 1. and
r., indistinguishable mono-
grams.
Stater.
663. A! f 8.55. J. Hirsch 29, 9 Nov. 1910,
818. WSM 1622 (this coin).
r.; dotted border.
Nike and scepter; to 1., AO;
beneath throne, ZQ; dotted
border.
Tetradrachm.
664. JR f 16.85. Said to be from a hoard
from Iraq. The 1. field monogram
appears on coinage attributed
to Sardes under Antiochus I
(WSM 1372; WSM 1375; WSM

1377-79). A conclusive attribu-
tion to Sardes cannot be made,
however. Antioch and Seleucia
Pieria are alternative possibilities.
ANTIOCHUS I OR II
I r.
Rev. BAZIAEQZ ANTIOXOY He-
racles seated 1. on rock, rest-
ing r. hand on club.
Tetradrachm.
665. JR \ 16.82. Rev. die of Mektepini 739.
The reverse type points to a mint
in Aeolis or northern Ionia. The
obverse style bears some resem-
blance to that of WSM 1501, an
issue assigned by Newell to An-
tiochus I at Phocaea, where this
issue may have been struck. The
unusual absence of any monogram
or identifying symbol, however,
makes a definite attribution im-
possible at this time.
Obv. As 665.
off flan, A I.
Tetradrachm.
666. JR. <- 16.85. Dies of WSM 1632.
Newell, WSM, p. 361, suggests
an eastern attribution for this
coin. A western mint seems equal-
ly likely. The portrait appears to
have no particular model, but
could draw its inspiration from
any of the indeterminate repres-
entations of Antiochus I on coin-
age of Asia Minor.
Corinthian helmet r.; dotted
border.
Uncertain West
63
SELEUCUS II
dotted border.
tripod.
Tetradrachms.
669. A / 16.90. Rev. to I., ^ ; in outer r.
field, partly off flan, M. WSM
1318 ("Tarsus"). Possibly from
northern Syria; A. Spaer reports
another example from western
Turkey (Istanbul) which shows
the r. field monogram. Newell's
provisional attribution of this coin
was based partly on its 1. mono-
gram, which also appears on
tetradrachms of Antiochus Hie-
rax now assigned to Sardes by
Merkholm (Sardes, pp. 6-10).
The style of this coin does not
resemble that of Tarsid issues,
moreover (e.g. 459, above).
670. JR \ 16.73. Rev. traces of monogram

to r. of inscription. J. Schulman
265, 28 Sep. 1976, 211; Glendin-
ning, 27 Oct. 1971, 106.
Obv. Head of Athena wearing Attic
Apollo standing 1. holding
arrow and bow.
Drachm.
671. A I 4.03. Rev. to 1., 4% (?); to r.,
^ (?). Said to be from southern
Turkey. Tentative attribution;
Cilicia or northern Syria are
alternative possibilities.
672. JE f 3.54. Rev.toX., PI; to r., H . See
WSM 1655-56, bronze issues of
similar type with the same 1. field
monogram.
673. JE f 4.33. Rep. to 1., f7 (?); to r., .
No 672 is probably from Asia Minor;
673 is said to be from Lebanon.
See WSM pp. 367-68 regarding the
possible western attribution of bronzes
of the above type. Bellinger, Dura, p.
110,40, has placed similar issues with the
monogram EY at Apamea.
ANTIOCHUS II OR ANTIOCHUS
HIERAX
Obv. Diademed head of king r.;
dotted border.
HI.
Tetra drachm.
674. JR f 16.86. Rev. die of WSM 1667.
See Seyrig, Trisors 8.170 for
another example.
ANTIOCHUS HIERAX
I r.
64
Arthuh Houghton Collection
ANTIOCHUS HIERAX?
Obv. Diademed head of king r.;
dotted border.
Tetradrachms.
676. JR f 16.93. Rev. to L, spearhead (?)
within wreath. The portrait,
which appears to have been
modeled on Pergamene issues of
Attalus I, could argue against its
issuance under Hierax.
677. M f 17.11. Rev. to 1., outside in-
scription, ft; to 1. of Apollo's
knee, forepart of griffin facing 1.
Obv. die of WSM1673. Newell has
attributed WSM 1673 to Antio-
chus Hierax. Seyrig, however,
has suggested that closely related
issues found in Asia Minor should
be assigned to Antiochus III,
possibly at Nisibis (Trisors 8.
146-9 = WSM 1679). The
griffin's head symbol appears on

coinage of Abydus under Lysi-
machus (Thompson, Lysimachus,
pp. 171-72) and on issues attribu-
ted to Phocaea under Antiochus I
and II (WSM 1501-6).
In the absence of evidence
which could establish the origin
of 677 firmly, its provisional
attribution to a western Asia
Minor mint seems safest.
ANTIOCHUS III
r.; dotted border.
Tetradrachms.
678. A f 16.97. Rev. to 1., bird's head 1.
Obv. die and rev. symbol of WSM
1698. Said to be from northern
Greece.
679. M f 16.14. This coin stylistically re-
sembles WSM 1701, attributed by
Newell to a mint in Asia Minor;
operating under Antiochus III.
Drachms.
680. JR <- 3.76.
681. JR f 3.99.
Said to be from an east Syrian
hoard,680-81 maybe eastern imitations.
SOUTH CENTRAL REGlON
PHOENICIA: "ARADUS MARATHUS
E. T. Newell's assignment of certain silver coins with Alexander's name and an inverted
anchor in the 1. field as non-Seleucid types struck in the area of Aradus (WSM, p. 192-
200) is somewhat weakened by the continued appearance of a number of such issues in
eastern hoards.1 Some may have been struck at one or more eastern mints, but the evidence
for their definitive attribution is still ambiguous.
Pending a study which can clarify the problems surrounding these issues, the following
group has been catalogued in accordance with Newell's classification.2
"ARADUS"
Obv. Head of Athena wearing Co-
rinthian helmet adorned with
griffin r.
Nike walking 1., holding
wreath and stylis; to 1.,
inverted anchor; to 1. of
Nike's feet, IM ; to r. of feet, r.
Stater.
682. A! / 8.56. Obv. die of De Clercq 293
(monograms T and & ?); see
also Leu 15, 4 May 1976, 340
(SNGLockett 1432), a stater of
similar type, monograms T and G.
r.; dotted border.

ing eagle and scepter; to 1., in-
verted anchor and 1?1; beneath
throne, T; dotted border.
Tetradrachm.
683. M \ 17.18. Obv. die and rev. symbol
and monograms of WSM, pi. 43,
E; Obv. die of Spaer, Qazvin,
p. 37,11.
1 See esp. Spaer, Qazvin, p. 37, 2-12 and 633, probably also from the Qazvin Hoard; G. K. Jenkins,
"The Coins," in D. Stronach, Pasargadae (Oxford, 1978), p. 188, 6. However, the Cavalla Hoard
contained a tetradrachm of the same type and lower monogram as 683 (M. Thompson, "The Cavalla
Hoard," ANSMN 26 [1981J, p. 35,12), and a tetradrachm of the same type and with the same mono-
grams as 684 appears to have come from Asia Minor: M. Kampmann, "Un trdsor d'Alexandres,"
RN 1972, p. 158, 84. The termini of the hoards cited provide no evidence for or against the view that
such coins are non-Seleucid issues.
* The coinage of Aradus in the hellenistic period is discussed by O. Morkholm, "The Ptolemaic
'Coins of an Uncertain Era'," NNA 1975-6, pp. 23-58; also see H. Seyrig, "Antiquites syriennes, 49:
Aradus et sa peree sous les rois Seleucides," Syria 28 (1951), pp. 206-220.
(56
"MARATHUS"
r.; dotted border.
ing eagle and scepter; to L, in-
verted anchor and P; beneath
throne, K; dotted border.
Tetradrachm.
/R <- 17.36. See WSM, pi. 53, H-I for
similar tetradrachms with the
same 1. field monogram; M.
Kampmann, "Un tresor d'Alexan-
dres," RN 1972, p. 158, 84.
'UNCERTAIN MINT"
NON-SELEUCID ISSUE?
Rev. AAEEANAPOY Zeus seated
1. on throne, holding eagle and
scepter; to 1., inverted anchor
and A; beneath throne, M;
dotted border.
Drachm.
685. A \ 4.16. WSM, pi. 54, B.
Obv.

SELEUCUS I
Head of Heracles in lion's skin
r.; dotted border.
Rev. EEAEYKOY Zeus seated 1. on
throne, holding eagle and
scepter; to 1., inverted anchor;
beneath throne, O; in exergue,
3; dotted border.
Hemidrachm.
A \ 2.11. Collocated with Newell's
"Aradus-Marathus" series on the
basis of style and reverse anchor,
although very tentatively.
PHOENICIA: SIMYRA
Simyra, one of several villages on the Syrian coast bound closely to Aradus, appears to
have been given the right to coin money along with the latter city after 259/8 B.C. The
few examples of coins identified as having been struck at Simyra indicate only the most
intermittent mint activity, however. The following exceptional cointhe only royal
Seleucid issue attributed to Simyraappears to have been struck when the town was being
used as a military staging area by Seleucus III in preparation for a campagn to seize
southern Phoenicia from Ptolemy IV.
For a discussion of Simyra during this period, see H. Seyrig, "Monnaies hellenistiques:
XVIII. Seleucus III et Simyra," RN 1971, pp. 7-11.
SELEUCUS III
dotted border.
tripod; to 1., ZI; in exergue,
Phoenician date "year 35"
(of Aradian era = 225/4 B.C.).
Tetradrachm.
687. JR f 16.71. Obv. die of Seyrig, Trisors
1.101-2.
Phoenicia
67
PHOENICIA: TRIPOLIS
Tripolis struck coinage only intermittently under the Seleucid kings. Local bronze
issues bearing the ruler's portrait are known for Antiochus IV1 and for the second reign of
Demetrius II.2 Rare tetradrachms and drachms were struck by Antiochus VIII, and a
single tetradrachm issue is known for Antiochus IX, dated only in the year 105/4 B.C.8
At some point between 105/4 and 95 B.C., Antiochus IX granted autonomy to the city.4
ANTIOCHUS IV
r.; dotted border.
Rev. TPITTOAITQN Dioscuri gal-
loping r.
688. JE f 3.71. Babelon 693.
ANTIOCHUS VIII
r.; fillet border.
(DANOYZ Tyche, wearing
polos, standing 1., holding
tiller and cornucopiae bound
with fillet; to 1., Z; to r. of
Tyche's legs, N on shield
(689-91) or A (692).
Tetradrachms.
689. A f 16.58.
690. A j 16.39. Leu 28, 5 May 1981, 200.

Dies of 689.
691. A \ 16.74. Dies of 689.
Drachm.
692. A f 4.21. Obv. die of Naville 10, 15
Jun. 1925, 1454.
ANTIOCHUS IX
border.
Rev. BAZIAEQZ ANTIOXOY OI-
AOuATOPOZ Tyche, wear-
ing polos, standing 1., holding
tiller and cornucopiae bound
with fillet; to 1., IE above AI;
to r. of Tyche's legs, rose; in
exergue, HZ (208 S.E. =
105/4 B.C.); laurel wreath
border.
Tetradrachm.
693. A f 16.38. NFA 5, 23 Feb. 1978,
209; Egger 41, 18 Nov. 1918
(Fenerly Bey), 748. Jameson
2359 (this coin). See Babelon
1464; de Hirsch 1721 for other
tetradrachms of Antiochus IX
struck at Tripolis, also with the
same date.
1 In addition to coins of the type of 683, Tripolis struck an unusual issue bearing the portraits of
Antiochus and his queen: SNGCopSyria 220.
2 An example is in the ANS, New York.
* J. P. Six, "L'ere de Tripolis," Annuaire de la Sociiti Francaise de Numismatique 1886, pp. 229-
234, has attributed to Tripolis coins with the reverse type of Tyche holding a tiller and cornucopiae.
This iconography was not limited to Tripolis, however, and several issues of Antioch bear the same
reverse type (Alexander II Zabinas: SMA, p. 89; Waage, p. 19, 200. "Antiochus V1I or VIII or later":
Waage, p. 22, 242. Antiochus VIII: SMA, p. 107, fig. 25; Hunter 3, pi. 69, 25. Antiochus IX: SMA
419; see also 356-58, above. Antiochus X: SMA 431; also, 383-84, above.
4 H. Seyrig, E.res, p. 109. However, Bellinger, Dura, p. 114, 110, has provisionally assigned to
Tripolis a bronze issue of Demetrius III with the reverse type of Tyche wearing a turreted headdress.
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PHOENICIA: BYBLUS
The increased autonomy granted by Antiochus IV to the cities of Syria is reflected in
the coinage of Byblus, whose mint opened with the production of municipal bronze issues
carrying Antiochus's portrait and the name or initials of the city. Similar coins were
struck by Alexander I Balas. A single tetradrachm of Antiochus VI is recorded as having
been struck at Byblus.1 Tryphon issued coinage both in silver and bronze there,2 and at
least one issue of Antiochus VII is known for Byblus.3 No later Seleucid coinage has been
positively attributed to this city.
References are to J. Rouvier, "Numis-
matique des villes de la Phenicie:
Gebal-Ryblos," JIAN 4 (1901), pp. 35-
66.
ANTIOCHUS IV
Rev. BAZIAEQZ ANTIOXOY Kro-
nos standing 1., holding
scepter; above and below,
/l^VV ("ofGebal
the holy"); dotted border.
694. JE / 6.11. Babelon 671. Rouvier, p.
42, 651.
695. JE f 9.31. Obv. to 1. of portrait, palm
branch; to lower r., BY. Hesperia
Art FPL 60/61, 1967, 155.

JE f 5.70. As 694, but BAZIAEQZ
ANTIOXOY is on obverse.
Obv. As 694.
Rev. BAZIAEQZ ANTIOXOY Isis,
standing 1., holding scepter;
to upper 1., A; to lower 1. and
r., ("Gebal"); dotted
border.
697.
698.
JE f
JE f
3.51.
2.51.
De Clercq 81.
As 697.
Rev. BAZIAEQZ ANTIOXOY Har-
pocrates, r. thumb in mouth
and holding club, crouching 1.
on lotus flower; to lower 1.
and r., BY; dotted border.
699. JE f 1.28.
Rev. Bull's head adorned with Isis
headdress, facing; to lower 1.
and r., BY; dotted border.
700. JE f 0.91.
ALEXANDER I BALAS
r.; to lower r., beneath chin,
BEP(162 S.E. = 151/0 B.C.);
dotted border.
Kronos standing 1., holding
scepter; above and below,
/ ? V\- <J ("of Gebal
the holy"); dotted border.
701. JE I 6.06. Rouvier, p. 43, 654.
1 In Paris (Seyrig), dated AOP (171 S.E. = 142/1 B.C.).
2 Seyrig, Notes, p. 12.
* Rouvier, JIAN 4, p. 44, 657.
Phoenicia
69
TRYPHON
Obv. Diademed bust of Tryphon r.;
dotted border.
Rev. BAZIAEQZ TPY(DQNOZ AY-
TOKPATOPOZ Eagle stand-
ing 1. on thunderbolt, palm
branch behind shoulder; to
1., 8 ; to r., Isis headdress
above LA (year 4 = 139/8
B.C.?).
Didrachm.
702. A f 5.95. See Rouvier, p. 44, 656;
De Clercq 180, tetradrachms of
Tryphon struck at Byblus dated
year 2.
The chronology of Tryphon's reign in
Syria is not certain; the traditionally
accepted dating of Tryphon's regnal
years, which has been accepted by Brett
(Ascalon, p. 48) and Seyrig (Notes, pp.
11-12) has been provisionally retained.
CHUS VIII
Obv. Jugate busts of Cleopatra
with diadem, stephane and

veil, and Antiochus with dia-
dem, r.; dotted border.
BAZIAK2Z ANTIOXOY Isis
headdress.
Hemidrachm.
703. A f 1.74. Hess-Leu 49, 27 Apr. 1971,
260. Rev. die of MuM 61, 7 Oct.
1982, 202. Tentative attribution,
based on the reverse symboi. The
Isis headdress was also used on
dated bronze issues of Cleopatra
and Antiochus struck at Ake-
Ptolemais (see 799 and 801,
below).
PHOENICIA: BEIRUT
The mint at Beirut, like that at Byblus, opened with the striking of municipal bronze
issues carrying the portrait of Antiochus IV. Alexander I Balas struck similar coinage at
Beirut, and also initiated a series of tetradrachms whose issuance was continued through
the first reign of Demetrius II.1 The last recorded Seleucid coin of Beirut is a bronze issue
of Alexander II Zabinas.2 The city was granted autonomous status by Tigranes in 81 B.C.8
References are to J. Rouvier, "Numis-
matique des villes de la Phenicie: B6ryte-
Laodic6e de Canaan," JIAN 3 (1900),
pp. 263-312.
ANTIOCHUS IV
Rev. BAZIAEQZ ANTIOXOY to
r.: //*J3 AX
("of Laodicea, which is in
Canaan") to 1.; Poseidon
standing facing, holding pa-
tera and trident; to 1., AA;
to r., T ; dotted border.
704. JE f 6.43. Obv. to lower 1., A. Rou-
vier, p. 267, 443.
705. JE f 7.16. Obv. to lower 1., I. Rou-
vier, p. 267, 444.
1 Demetrius may also have struck a municipal bronze issue during his second reign, although this
is not certain (see 710, below).
2 Rouvier, JIAN 3, p. 269, 456. No other coinage is known to have been struck at a Phoenician
mint by Alexander Zabinas, although this king issued royal silver issues at Ascalon in Palestine (q.v.).
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ALEXANDER I BALAS
r.; dotted border.
Eagle standing 1. on paIm
branch; to 1., ; to r.,
trident; dotted border.
Tetradrachms.
706. A f 13.76. Rev. t0 1., T^P <163
S.E. = 150/9 B.C.). BMC, p.
51, 5; Babelon 890.
707. JR f 13.71. Rev. to 1., A EP (164
S.E. = 149/8 B.C.).
Rev. As 704, except BAZIAEQZ
AAEEANAPOY
708. IE f 5.21. Bouvier, p. 267, 449.
DEMETRIUS II
FIRST REIGN
r.; dotted border.
Rev. BAZIAEQZ AHMHTPIOY Ea-
gle standing 1. on palm
branch; to 1., i above A; to r.,
H EP (168 S.E. = 145/4 B.C.)
above trident; dotted border.

Tetradrachm.
709. JR f 14.48. See Babelon 959; De
Clercq 153-54 for similar tetra-
drachms of Demetrius with dif-
ferent dates.
Rev. BAZIAEQZ AHMHTPIOY to
("of Laodicea, which is in
Canaan") to 1.; Poseidon
standing facing, holding pate-
ra and trident; to 1., AA;
to r., i above t; dotted
border.
710. J E / 6.11. Bouvier, p. 268, 452. On
the basis of the portrait, Le Bider
and Seyrigaccept Babelon's judg-
ment that coins of this type were
struck during Demetrius's second
reign (De Clercq, p. 37). However,
an unpublished bronze issue of
Alexander I Balas of Beirut in
the author's collection carries the
same monogram as that in the
upper r. field of 710, indicating
that a more likely attribution for
710 is to the king's first regnal
period.
PHOENICIA: SIDON
Sidon, whose mint had been active prior to and under Alexander the Great, as well
as during the third century when Ptolemaic forces had occupied the Phoenician coast,
produced no coinage under the Seleucids until the reign of Antiochus IV, when that city
issued municipal bronzes with the king's portrait.1 Local bronze issues were also struck by
Demetrius I, but under Alexander I Balas the mint initiated a significant series of silver
1 Bronze issues of Antiochus IV: J. Bouvier, Numismatique des villes de la Phenicie: Sidon" JIAN
5 (1902), pp. 121-23, 1206-15; see Hesperia Art FPL 40/41 (1967), 156 for what is described as a
"silvered bronze" of Antiochus IV struck at Sidon.
Phoenicia
71
coins using both the Phoenician and Attic weight standards, a practice which was main-
tained through at least the first part of the reign of Antiochus VII.2
There is no recorded coinage of Sidon for the reign of Alexander Zabinas. The mint
resumed activity with the issuance of tetradrachms during the joint reign of Cleopatra
Thea and Antiochus VIII, and continued operations into the reign of Antiochus IX. The
last recorded Seleucid issue of Sidon, a tetradrachm of Antiochus IX, is dated 202 S.E.
(111/0 B.C.).3
References are to J. Rouvier, "Nu-
mismatique des villes de la Phdnicie:
Sidon, " JIAN 5 (1902), pp. 99-134.
ANTIOCHUS IV
Antiochus r.; 1. field mono-
gram, if any, off flan; dotted
border.
Rev. BAZIAEQZ ANTIOXOY Stern
of galley; below, ZIAQNIQN
and ("of Sidon").
711. JE f 6.18. Rouvier, p. 122, 1208.
Obv. BAZIAEQZ AN TIOXOY ETTI-
OANOYZ Diademed, radiate
head of Antiochus r.; dotted
border.
Rev. *?K. 3^=1 9*
H(f'NY^ ("0I" Sidon, metropolis

of Cambe, Hippone, Citium
and Tyre"). Galley's rudder;
dotted border.
712. JE f 4.83. Rouvier, p. 122, 1213.
ALEXANDER I BALAS
r.; dotted (713, 715) or fillet
(714) border.
Eagle standing 1., palm branch
behind r. shoulder; to 1.,
BEP (162 S.E. = 151/0 B.C.);
to r., ZIAQ above aphlaston;
dotted border.
Tetradrachm.
713. JR f 14.26. Rouvier, p. 124, 1227.
ing thunderbolt and scepter;
beneath throne, aphlaston.
Tetradrachms.
714. / f 16.57. Rev. in exergue, EEP
(165 S.E. = 148/7 B.C.). Rouvier,
p. 125, 1233.
715. M f 14.06. Rev. in exergue, CEP
(166 S.E. = 147/6 B.C.). Rouvier,
p. 124, 1232.
* Like Tyre and Ake-Ptolemais, Sidon employed both Phoenician and Attic weight systems in its
production of silver issues during its operations under the later Seleucid kings. Generally speaking
coins were struck in one standard only in a given year, sometimes in both standards in alternate years
(during the joint reign of Cleopatra Thea and Antiochus VIII, for example); more rarely, issues were
produced in both standards in the same year (under Alexander I Balas and Demetrius II in 165 S.E.
and 168 S.E., respectively). No consistent pattern emerges from Sidon's known coinage, although
the mint's bias was toward the Phoenician weight system throughout its history under the Seleucids.
3 Naville 10, 15 Jun. 1925, 1459; MuM 37, 5 Dec. 1968, 265.
72
r.; fillet (716) or dotted (717-
18) border.
OY OIAAAEAQOY NIKA-
TOPOZ Nude Apollo seated
1. on omphalos, holding arrow
and bow; in outer 1. field,
palm branch; in inner 1. field,
R; between Apollo's feet,
aphlaston; in exergue, HIP
(168 S.E. = 145/4 B.C.), ZIAQ.
Tetradrachm.
716. iK f 16.71. Hess-Leu 31, 6 Dec. 1966,
521.
gle standing 1., palm branch
behind r. shoulder; to r.,
ZIAQ above aphlaston; dot-
ted border.
Tetradrachms.
717. A f 14.17. Rev. to 1., HEP (168
S.E. = 145/4 B.C.) above 13).
Obv. die and rev. monogram,

symbol and date as Babelon 960.
Rouvier, p. 125, 1237.
718. JR f 13.57. Rev. to 1., BOP (172 S.E.
= 141/0 B.C.) above 5 . MuM
FPL 276, May, 1967, 18. Dies of
SNGCopSyria 286. Rouvier, p.
126, 1248.
ANTIOCHUS VII
r.; fillet border.
EPTETOY Athena standing
1., holding Nike with r.
hand, spear with 1. arm,
and resting 1. hand on shield;
to 1., TOP (177 S.E. = 136/5
B.C.) above (S; in exergue,
ZIAQ; laurel wreath border.
Tetradrachm.
719. JR f 16.62.
Demetrius r.; fillet border.
Rev. BAZIAEQZ AHMHTPIOY QE-
OY NIKATOPOZ Zeus seated
1. on throne, holding Nike
and scepter; beneath throne,
ZI; in exergue, ESP (185 S.E.
= 128/7 B.C.) 11.
Tetradrachm.
720. A f 16.52. Rouvier, p. 128, 1265.
CLEOPATRA THEA AND
CHUS VIII
ANTIO-
diademed and wearing ste-
phane and veil, and Antiochus
diademed, r.; dotted (721)
or fillet (722) border.
BAIIAEQZ ANTIOXOY Eagle
standing 1. on galley's prow,
palm branch behind r. shoul-
Phoenicia
73
ANTIOCHUS VIII
r.; fillet border.
(t>ANOYZ Zeus standing 1.,
crescent above head, hold-
ing star and scepter; to 1.,
ZIAQ above IEP above AS,
above A (723) or E (724);
Tetradrachms.
723. A f 16.51. Rev. in exergue, CSP
(196 S.E. = 117/6 B.C.). Rouvier,
p. 131, 1274.
724. A f 16.66. Rev. in exegue, I^P
(197 S.E. = 116/5 B.C.). Rouvier,
p. 131, 1277.
ANTIOCHUS IX
border.
Rev. BAZIAEQZ ANTIOXOY OI-
AOTTATOPOZ Athena stand-
ing 1., holding Nike with r.
hand, spear with 1. arm, and

resting 1. hand on shield; to 1.,
ZIAQ above IEP above AZY,
above E; in exergue, Z (200
S.E. = 113/2 B.C.); laurel
wreath border.
Tetradrachm.
725. A f 16.54. Rouvier, p. 132, 1281.
PHOENICIA: TYRE
The mint of Tyre, active under the Persian satraps as well as Alexander and his Ptolemaic
successors, appears to have opened as a Seleucid facility shortly after the Battle of Panion
of 200 B.C., when Phoenicia and other Egyptian-controlled territories in Palestine and
Coele Syria fell to Antiochus III. The bronze issues of local type with the king's portrait
which Antiochus initiated at this mint1 appear to have been produced without signi-
ficant interruption through the reign of Demetrius I.
Seleucid silver was first struck at Tyre under Alexander I Balas and continued to be
produced, along with municipal bronze issues, until the murder of Demetrius II in 126/5
B.C., when the city gained autonomous status.2
1 The first recorded Seleucid coin of Tyre, a bronze of Antiochus, is dated 115 S.E. (198/7 B.C.):
Tyre 4a.
* Tyre, like Sidon, generally struck silver coinage on the Phoenician weight standard, but Attic
weight tetradrachms were issued both during the first and second reigns of Demetrius II and under
Antiochus VII. Tyre began to issue the autonomous shekels of the Heracles-Melkart type immediately
after Demetrius's death.
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ANTIOCHUS III
Obv. Diademed, head of Antiochus
r.; dotted border.
Rev. BAZIAEQZ ANTIOXOY Gal-
ley's stern; dotted border.
726. JE f 8.88. Rev. above, P KA (124 S.E.
= 189/8 B.C.). WSM 1278.
727. JE f 7.51. As 726, except apparently
dated AP (?130 S.E. = 183/2
B.C.). The date is not clear. If the
reading is correct, it was evidently
struck under Seleucus IV.
ley's prow 1., to r. of which,
dolphin swimming down-
ward; dotted border.
728. JE f 4.26. See WSM 1256 for a bronze
issue of similar type without the
dolphin symboi.
Rev. BAZIAEQZ ANTIOXOY Palm
tree; dotted border.
729. JE f 1.22. WSM 1259.
Rev. BAZIAEQZ ANTIOXOY Club;
dotted border.
730. JE f 1.25. WSM 1280.

SELEUCUS IV
dotted border.
Rev. BAZIAEQZ ZEAEYKOY Gal-
ley's stern; above, ITI (? IA P
= 137 S.E. = 176/5 B.C.)
and if] within which a star.
731. JE f 6.87.
ANTIOCHUS IV
r., star above forehead; to 1.,
AMP (144 S.E. = 169/8 B.C.);
dotted border.
ley's stern, above which TY-
PIQN; below, "t hV 3 X
\\v/ ("of Tyre, mother
of the Sidonians"); dotted
border.
732. JE f 7.55. Tyre 38.
Obv. As 732, but without star or
date.
Rev. Inscriptions and type as 732;
above stern, IMP (147 S.E. =
166/5 B.C.).
733. JE f 8.07. Tyre 40b.
ley's prow, above which TY-
PIQN below, ^JhV 9 X
\X** Tyre, mother of
the Sidonians")
734. JE f 3.38. Dies of Tyre 39a.
Rev. BAZIAEQZ ANTIOXOY Palm
tree, dotted border.
735. JE / 2.30. Tyre 40a.
DEMETRIUS I
r.; dotted border.
Rev. BAZIAEQZ AHMHTPIOY Gal-
ley's stern; below, TYPIQN
above ("of Tyre");
dotted border.
736. JE f 7.29. Rev. above, LANP (154
Phoenicia
75
ALEXANDER I BALAS
r.; dotted border.
Eagle standing 1. on galley's
prow, palm branch behind r.
shoulder; to L, club surmoun-
ted by ~T; dotted border.
Tetradrachms.
742. JR f 14.22. Rev. to r., B IP (162 S.E.
= 151/0 B.C.) above f]fI. Tyre 56.
743. JR f 14.26. Rev. to r., TEP (163 S.E.
= 150/9 B.C.) above HP. Tyre 58.
Didrachm.
744. JR f 7.13. As 743. Tyre 59.
Tetradrachms.
745. JR f 14.08. Rev. to r., A EP (164
S.E. = 149/8 B.C.) above
Tyre 61.
746. JR / 14.17. Rev. to r., E EP (165 S.E.
= 148/7 B.C.) above ^. Tyre 66.
747. JR f 14.25. Rev. to r., QZP (166 S.E.
= 147/6 B.C.) above Ft. Tyre 75.
Palm tree; in field to 1. and

r., QEP (166 S.E. = 147/6
B.C.); dotted border.
748. JE f 2.23. Tyre 80.
Tetradrachms.
749. JR f 14.18. Rev. tor., IEP (167 S.E.
= 146/5 B.C.) above Fr. Tyre 79.
750. JR f 14.02. Rev. as 749, except to r.,
r.; dotted border.
gle standing 1. on galley's
prow, palm branch over r.
shoulder; to 1., club surmoun-
ted by T; dotted border.
Tetradrachms.
751. A f 14.18. Rev. tor., IEP(167 S.E.
= 146/5 B.C.) above W . Tyre 81.
752. ^f 14.19. Rev. as 751, except to r.,
QE . Tyre 84.
Rev. BAZIAEni AHMHTPIOY Gal-
ley's stern; above, LH EP
(168 S.E. = 145/4 B.C.);
below, TYPIQN and *\^"^
("of Tyre"); dotted bor-
der.
753. JE f 6.84. Tyre 100.
to 1., as 751.
Tetradrachms.
754. JR f 14.08. Rev. tor., 9EP (169 S.E.
= 144/3 B.C.) above Tyre 87.
755. JR f 14.19. Rev. to r., OP (170 S.E.
= 143/2 B.C.) above Fr.
Didrachm.
756. JR f 6.89. As 755. Tyre 94.
ANTIOCHUS VII
r.; dotted border.
Rev. BAZIAEQZ ANTIOXOY Eagle
standing 1. on galley's prow,
76
Didrachm.
758. A f 6.86. Rev. to 1., 4 above club
surmounted with Ti to r., AS
above COP (176 S.E. = 137/6
B.C.); between eagle's legs, Ff.
Tyre 117.
Tetradrachm.
759. A f 14.05. Rev. as 758, except date
IOP (177 S.E. = 136/5 B.C.).
ley's stern 1., surmounted
by aphlaston; above, IEPAZ
AS above ?OP; below,
TYPIQN \ ("of Tyre"),
partly off flan; dotted bor-
der.
760. JE f 7.60.
ley's prow 1., above which,
palm branch; tor., IEP above
AS; below, GOP (179 S.E.
= 134/3 B.C.); dotted bor-
der.
761. JE f 2.44. Tyre 153.

TETOY Athena standing 1.,
1. hand on shield; laurel
wreath border.
Tetradrachms.
762. A f 16.68. Rev. to 1., club surmoun-
ted by ~t, to r. and 1. of which
IEP and AS; in exergue, TTP
(180 S.E. = 133/2 B.C.), Fr.
Hess-Leu, 7 Apr. 1960, 248;
Naville 10, 15 Jun. 1925, 1284.
Tyre 191; E. Rogers, The Second
and Third Seleucid Coinage of Tyre
ANSNNM 34 (New York, 1927),
p. 32, 128 (this coin).
763. A f 16.55. Rev. to 1., club surmounted
by Tf to r., and 1. of which IEP
and AZY; in exergue, ATTP (181
S.E. = 132/1 B.C.), m.
764. A f 14.12. Rev. to 1., club surmoun-
ted by "p; to r., AS above AFTP
(181 S.E. = 132/1 B.C.) between
eagle's legs, Fr. Tyre 136.
765. A \ 16.81. Obv. die as 763. Rev. as
763, except in exergue, BFTP
(182 S.E. = 131/0 B.C.), Ff.
walking 1., holding wreath; to
lower 1., club surmounted by
T; to lower r., Fr; date, if any,
off flan.
Drachm.
766. A \ 4.14. See Tyre 188, a drachm of
similar type dated AOP (174
S.E. = 139/8 B.C.) and with the
monogram IY1 .
r.; dotted border.
gle standing 1. on galley's
prow, palm branch behind r.
Palestine
77
PALESTINE: AKE-PTOLEMAIS
Following the Battle of Panion and the seizure of the city from Ptolemaic control by
Antiochus III in 200 B.C., Ake-Ptolemais remained the administrative seat of Phoenicia,
Palestine and Coele-Syria. No Seleucid coinage is recorded for Ake prior to the reign of
Seleucus IV, when a limited tetradrachm issue was struck.1 The mint appears to have
remained in continuous operation thereafter, except for the reign of Antiochus VII,8 until
at least 107/6 B.C., the date of its last recorded Seleucid coin.3 The Seleucid era at Ake
ended in 104/3 B.C. when the city was beseiged and captured by Alexander Jannaeus.
SELEUCUS IV
dotted border.
outer 1. field, palm branch;
beneath Apollo's hand, fa;
in exergue, IA; dotted bor-
der.
Tetradrachm.
771. A f 16.90. Obv. die of the seven coins
recorded in O. Merkholm, "Some
Western Seleucid Coins," INJ 3
(1965/66), pp. 8-9.
ANTIOCHUS, SON OF SELEUCUS IV

r.; to 1., A; fillet border.
Rev. BAZIAEQZ ANTIOXOYNude
; to r., NE; dotted border.
Tetradrachms.
772. A f 16.18. Rev. in exergue, fa, KP.
773. A j 16.69. Obv. die of 772. Rev. in
exergue, fa, W.
"Syria"; CH 7, 97).
774. JR / 15.43. Obv. die of 772. Rev. as
773.
775. /R f 16.72. Obv. die of 772. Rev. as
773, monograms partly off flan.
HLR. p. 113, 16 (this coin).
1 Only Attic weight silver issues were struck at Ake by Seleucus IV, his son Antiochus and Antiochus
IV. Under Antiochus V, Ake issued tetradrachms using both Phoenician and Attic weight standards,
generally maintaining this dual coinage throughout its operation as a Seleucid mint, with exceptions
(Alexander I Balas, Antiochus VI and Tryphon are known to have struck only Phoenician weight
tetradrachms: Cleopatra Thea, only Attic weight issues during her single year reign).
2 Le Rider and Seyrig, De Clercq 198, have reassigned to Ascalon a silver series of the year 177
S.E. (136/5 B.C.) previously given to Ake by Seyrig (Notes, p. 10, No. 6 = Babelon 1104), leaving
Ake with no known coinage for Antiochus VII.
1 LSM 51, a tetradrachm of Antiochus IX.
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ANTIOCHUS IV
r.; fillet border.
Nude Apollo seated 1. on
omphalos, holding arrow and
bow; in outer 1. field, palm
branch; beneath Apollo's arm,
4; in exergue, rP; dotted
border.
Tetradrachms.
776. JR f 16.92. Obv. die of Morkholm,
Studies, p. 47, A2.
777. JR f 17.34. Dies of Morkholm, Studies,
p. 47, A3-P7.
"Syria"; CH 7, 97).
Obv. Type as 776; to 1., A; fillet
border.
Rev. Inscription as 776. Zeus seat-
ed 1. on throne, holding Nike
and scepter; in outer 1. field,
palm branch.

Tetradrachms.
778. JR f 17.06. Rev. in exergue, A . Obv.
die of Morkholm, Studies, p. 48,
A7; rev. monogram as Morkholm,
p. 48, 7 (where the form of the
monogram is given as AT).
779. JR f 16.95. Obv. die of 778. Rev. in
exergue, AZ. Rev. monogram of
Morkholm, Studies, p. 49, 8.
780. JR f 16.82. Rev. in exergue, fT . Obv.
die of Morkholm, Studies, p. 49,
A8; rev. monogram unrecorded.
781. JR f 17.14. Rev. in exergue, A, HP.
Rev. monograms of Morkholm,
Studies, p. 49, 10.
Nos. 780-81 are said to be from
the Ma'aret en-Numan hoard (CH 6, 37
"Syria"; CH 7, 97).
782. JR f 16.99. Rev. in exergue, A, ^ .
Auctiones 5, 2 Dec. 1975, 196;
MuM 19, 5 Jun. 1959, 538.
Morkholm, Studies, p. 49, A9-P43
(this coin).
783. JR f 16.73. Obv. die of 782. Rev. in
exergue, 4, X*Y . Obv. die of Mork-
holm, Studies, p. 49, A9; rev.
monogram unrecorded.
784. JR ]. 17.07. Rev. beneath throne, A;
in exergue, AT, recut over par-
tially erased monograms A, AT.
Obv. die of Morkholm, Studies, p.
50, A12. Said to be from the
Ma'aret en-Numan hoard (CH 6,
37 "Syria"; CH 7, 97).
eagle and scepter; to 1., Pi;
dotted border.
785. JE f 13.66. Spaer, Ake, p. 139, type 1.
in biga galloping 1.; dotted
Palestine
79
ANTIOCHUS V
r.; to 1., A; fillet border.
nATOPOZ Zeus seated 1.
on throne, holding Nike and
scepter; to 1., palm branch;
beneath Zeus's hand, A.
Tetradrachms.
794. A f 16.70. Hess-Leu 45,12 May 1970,
342. Dies of Brett, Ake-Ptolemais
p. 26, 15. Strauss, p. 113, 55
(this coin).
795. A / 16.39. Dies of 794. Said to be
from the Ma'aret en-Numan hoard
(CH 6, 37 "Syria"; CH 7, 97).
ALEXANDER I BALAS
r.; dotted border.
Rev. BAZIAEC2Z AAESANAPOY
Eagle standing 1. on thunder-
bolt, barley stalk behind r.
shoulder; to 1., & above B EP
(162 S.E. = 151/0 B.C.); tor.,
TITO; between eagle's legs, A;

dotted border.
Tetradrachms.
796. A / 14.20. Obv. die and rev. date
and monograms of Brett, Ake-
Ptolemais, p. 27, 19.
797. A / 14.23. Obv. die of 796. Rev. as
796, except date, TEP (163 S.E.
= 150/9 B.C.).
ANTIOCHUS VI
G. Le Rider, "Antiochus VI a Ptole-
ma'is," Studies in Honor of Leo Milden-
berg: Numismatics, Art History and Ar-
chaeology (Wetteren, 1984, forthcoming).
Obv. Diademed bust of Antiochus
r.; dotted border.
standing 1. on thunderbolt,
barley stalk behind r. shoul-
der; to 1., 9EP (169 S.E. =
144/3 B.C.); to r., iTI ; dotted
border.
Tetradrachms.
798. A f 13.06. Rev. between eagle's legs,
AT
799. A / 13.16. Rev. between eagle's legs,
4 ; date rendered LOEP. Brett,
Ake-Ptolemais, p. 27, 21.
TRYPHON
dotted border.
Rev. BAZIAEQZ TPYOQNOZ AY-
TOKPATOPOZ Eagle stand-
ing 1. on thunderbolt; to 1.,
W; to r., LA (year 4 = 139/8
B.C.?); dotted border.
Tetradrachm.
800. A f 13.82. Hess-Leu, 12 Apr. 1962,
352; Hess-Leu, 16 Apr. 1957,
299; Gans 15, 4 May 1955, 168.
Seyrig, Notes, p. 23, 38.
Syria is not certain; the traditionally
accepted dating of Tryphon's regnal
80
Arthur. Houghton Collection
CLEOPATRA THEA
Obv. Bust of Cleopatra, diademed
and wearing stephane and
veil, r.; fillet border.
9EAZ EYETHPIAZ Double
to r., 4; below, aphlaston
above T.TTP (187 S.E. =
126/5 B.C.).
Tetradrachm.
803. M f 16.65. See LSM, p. 10, 7; Seyrig,
Trtsors 30.242, for tetradrachms
of similar type with different
monograms.
CHUS VIII
phane and veil, and Antiochus
diademed, r.; fillet border.
9EAZ KAI BAZIAEQZ AN-
TIOXOY Zeus seated 1. on

scepter; to 1., 2.
Tetradrachm.
804. /R f 16.73. LSM, p. 13, 8.
Rev. Inscription as 804. Isis head-
dress; below, HTTP (188 S.E.
= 125/4 B.C.).
805. JE f 5.75. LSM, p. 15, 14.
Obv. As 804.
Rev. As 804; in exergue, 6TTP
(189 S.E. = 124/3 B.C.).
Tetradrachm.
806. JR f 16.48. LSM, p. 15, 16a.
to r., 5; below, 9T1P (189 S.E.
= 124/3 B.C.) above thunder-
bolt.
807. JE f 4.52. LSM, p. 16, 17.
808. JE j 4.28. As 807.
Obv. As 804 except dotted border.
BAZIAEQZ ANTIOXOY Eagle
standing 1. on thunderbolt; to
1., 2; to r., B1P (192 S.E. =
121/0 B.C.); dotted border.
Tetradrachm.
809. A f 13.70. MuM 37, 5 Dec. 1968,
261; J. Schulman, 4 Feb. 1957,
1232. LSM, p. 17, 20.
CLEOPATRA THEA AND ANTIOCHUS
VIII OR ANTIOCHUS VIII
Obv. Jugate busts of Dioscuri r.;
dotted border.
Rev. ANTIOXEQN TQN EN TTTO-
AEMAIAI Cornucopiae; date
or monogram, if any, indis-
tinguishable.
810. JE f 2.26.
811. JE j 3.57.
See LSM, p. 14, 12; p. 16, 18; p. 24,
23, 25; p. 25, 27, for municipal issues of
Ake struck under Cleopatra and An-
Palestine
81
ANTIOCHUS IX
border.
OnATOPOZ Athena stand-
ing 1., holding Nike and spear,
and with 1. hand on shield; to
1., I-P; laurel wreath border.
Tetradrachm.
814. A. / 16.27. LSM, p. 34, 48.
PALESTINE: ASCALON
Under Seleucid rule, Ascalon was no more than a minor mint until the second century
B.C. It had been gained by Antiochus III following the Battle of Panion in 200 B.C., but
issued no royal coinage until the reign of Antiochus IV, under whom bronze issues
showing the king's portrait and various symbols, including the city's badge, a dove, were
struck.1 Bronze coins were also issued at Ascalon by Alexander I Balas and Tryphon; the
latter king seems to have also struck the city's first royal silver. During the reign of
Antiochus VII, Ascalon produced bronze coins and, possibly, a rare tetradrachm issue.2
The city's mint seems to have entered a phase of increased activity during the second
reign of Demetrius II, striking silver more or less regularly thereafter until the city gained
autonomous status in 103 B.C.3
ANTIOCHUS IV
Antiochus r.; irregular border.

Rev. B A Dove 1.; below, ;dot-
ted border.
815. JE f 3.02. Brett, Ascalon, p. 47, 4;
M. Rosenberger, City Coins of
Palestine (The Rosenberger Israel
Collection), Voi. 1 (1972), p. 38,
25-26.
1 Since the publication by Brett of the bronze coin of Antiochus IV with the reverse type of a
dove (see 815, above), two other bronzes with royal portraits have appeared:
a. Obv. Radiate head of king to r.; irregular border.
Rev. Bunch of grapes; to L, BA; to r., M1; dotted border.
f 1.32. A. Spaer coli., Jerusalem.
b. Obv. Radiate head of king to r.; irregular border.
Rev. Lily; to 1., BA; to r., M<; dotted border.
f 0.78. Israel Museum, Jerusalem; attributed to Antiochus VII at Jerusalem by
Y. Meshorer, "The Beginning of Hasmonean Coinage," 1EJ 24 (1974), pp. 59-61, partly
on the basis of the monogram which had been read as a date, LK.
815, a and b form a set of multiples. The latter two coins differ from the first in the formation of
their flans, but the similarity of the portraits of all three and their use of identical inscriptions (BA =
BAZIAEQZ ANTIOXOY?) and monograms indicate that all were struck at the same mint,
probably Ascalon, under Antiochus IV.
I am grateful to Arnold Spaer for permission to publish his coin, and to Dr. Meshorer for reexamining
the bronze issue in the Israel Museum and communicating the new monogram information.
2 Babelon 1104: see comment following De Clercq 198. The attribution to Ascalon of the unique
tetradrachm of Antiochus VII in Paris is uncertain.
3 Spaer, Ascalon, provides the most comprehensive study of the city's mint in the late hellenistic
period.
82
TRYPHON
dotted border.
Rev. BAZIAEQZ TPYcpQNOZ AY-
TOKPATOPOZ Zeus stand-
wreath; dotted border.
816. JE f 5.10. Rev. to 1. LA (year 1 =
142/1 B.C.?) AZKA. Swiss Bank
Corp. 5, 16 Oct. 1979, 296.
817. JE f 5.76. Rev. to L, LA (year 4 -
139/8 B.C.?) AZKA; to r.,
between Zeus and inscription,
inverted palm frond.
Syria is not certain. Brett's dating,
Ascalon, p. 48, which has been supported
by Seyrig, Notes, pp. 12-17, has been
provisionally retained.
ANTIOCHUS VII
Obv. Crested Macedonian helmet r.;
dotted border.
Rev. BAZIAEQZ ANTIOXOY Aph-
laston.
818. JE / 1.13. Brett, Ascalon, p. 48, 10.

819. JE - 1.36. As 818.
Obv. Diademed bust of Alexander
r.; dotted border.
Eagle standing L, palm branch
behind r. shoulder; to 1., AZ
above dove 1.; to r., T.TTP
(187 S.E. = 126/5 B.C.);
between eagle's legs, TTr; dot-
ted border.
Tetradrachm.
820. JR / 13.48. Spaer, Asca/on 1 (this coin).
CLEOPATRA THEA AND ANTIOCHUS
VIII
phane and veil, and Antio-
chus, diademed, r.; dotted
border.
BAZIAEQZ ANTIOXOY Eagle
der; to 1., AZ above dove 1.;
to r., AqP (191 S.E. = 122/1
B.C.); between eagle's legs,
U; dotted border.
Tetradrachm.
821. JR f 13.41. See Spaer, Ascalon 3.
The tetradrachm cited by Brett,
Ascalon, p. 50, 14, is struck from
different dies.
r.; fillet border.
der; dotted border.
Tetradrachms.
822. JR f 13.60. Rev. to 1., AZ above dove
1.; to r., ASP (194 S.E. = 119/8
Palestine
83
ANTIOCHUS VIII SECOND REIGN
Obv. As 822.
to l AZ IEP AZY in three
lines above dove 1. above
aphlaston; dotted border.
Tetradrachms.
PALESTINE
References are to M. Rosenberger,
City Coins of Palestine (The Rosenberger
Israel Collection), Vols. 2 (1975) and
3 (1977).
r.; dotted border.
Rev. BAZIAEQZ AAEEA Zeus
(?); to 1, TAI.
827. JE f 1.81. Rosenberger 2, p. 50, 21.
Female figure (Artemis ?)
standing facing, upraised r.
hand (drawing arrow?); to 1.,
indistinguishable monograms;
dotted border.
828. JE f 1.35. Rosenberger 2, p. 50, 23.

825. JR f
826. JR f
: GAZA
ANTIOCHUS VII
r.; dotted border.
Rev. BAZIAEQZ ANTIOX Double
cornucopiae; dotted border.
829. JE f 5.14. S. Ben-Dor, "Some New
Seleucid Coins," PEQ 1948, pp.
62-63.
ANTIOCHUS VII or VIII (?)
Obv. Head of Apollo r.; dotted
border.
Rev. BAZIAEQZANTIOXOYTyche
standing r., holding cornuco-
piae and scepter; monograms,
if any, indistinguishable;
dotted border.
830. JE / 3.12. Babelon 700 ("Antiochus
V"); Rosenberger 3, p. 82, 2
("Antiochus V").
ALEXANDER I BALAS
PALESTINE: JERUSALEM
13.24. Rev. to r., LAZ (204 S.E.
= 109/8 B.C.); between eagle's
legs, * . Spear, Ascalon 27 (this
coin).
13.76. Rev. to r., LCZ (206 S.E.
= 107/6 B.C.); between eagle's
legs, H*. Spaer, Ascalon 31 (this
coin).
Jerusalem appears to have been of little importance as a Seleucid mint. Bronze issues
of this city were struck under Antiochus VII in the years 180-83 S.E. (133/2-131/0 B.C.).
No other Seleucid coinage has been positively identified with Jerusalem, which fell to
the Hasmonaeans at the end of the second or beginning of the first century B.C.1
1 Reexamination of the unique bronze coin in the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, cited by Y. Meshorer,
"The Beginning of Hasmonean Coinage," 1EJ 24 (1974), pp. 59-61, indicates that the letters LK on
the coin's reverse are not a date but are instead the elements of a monogram identical to that appearing
on bronze coinage of Antiochus IV struck at Ascalon, such as 815 (see the introduction to Ascalon,
above, n. 1). M. Narkiss, Coins of Palestine (in Hebrew), voi. 2 (Jerusalem, 1938), p. 127, 165, has
suggested that Antiochus IX also issued coinage at Jesusalem.
84
ANTIOCHUS VII
Obv. Lily; dotted border.
Rev. BAZIAEQZANTIOXOYEYEP-
TETOY Inverted anchor.
831. JE f 2.76. Rev. below, AT1P (181 S.E.
= 132/1 B.C.). See BMC, p. 75,
69; Babelon 1166-67 for brouze
issues of similar type, without
visible date.
JE f 2.38. As 831, but date is to 1. of
anchor.
833. JE f 2.76. Rev. below, BTTP (182 S.E.
= 131/0 B.C.).
834. JE f 3.03. As 833.
COELE-SYRIA: DAMASCUS
Damascus does not appear to have been a community of major importance in the early
hellenistic period. Following the death of Alexander it was occupied by Ptolemaic forces,
then was seized by Antiochus I and may have remained Seleucid through part of the reign
of Seleucus II.1 Ptolemy III recaptured the city, however, after which it was returned to
Seleucid control by Antiochus III in 200 B.C.
There is no coinage which can be assigned to Damascus with certainty during this early
period;2 only with the reign of Antiochus VII do dated silver issues appear which can be
securely given to the Damascus mint. Thereafter, mint production appears to have
continued without significant interruption until the last decade of the second century B.C.,
when the strife between Antiochus VIII and Antiochus IX engulfed most of the cities which

were still part of the Seleucid realm. The last Seleucid king of Damascus, Antiochus XII,
the youngest son of Antiochus VIII, was killed in 84 B.C.; the city's protection, then its
rule, was assumed by the Nabataean king, Aretas III.3
ANTIOCHUS VII
r.; fillet border.
Rev. BAZIAEQZANTIOXOY EYEP-
TETOY Athena standing 1.,
1. hand on shield; laurel
wreath border.
Tetradrachms.
835. At f 16.64. Rev. to 1., AE above W;
in exergue, HOP (178 S.E. =
135/4 B.C.). Dies of LSM 56y.
836. JR f 16.45. Rev. to 1., l&P; in exergue,
BIlP (182 S.E. = 131/0 B.C.).
Obv. die and rev. monogram of
LSM 64a and y.
837. JR f 16.33. Obv. die of 836. Rev.
to 1., IftP above A; in exergue,
mP (183 S.E. = 130/9 B.C.).
LSM 65.
1 WSM, p. 212.
8 Newell's tentative suggestion that Damascus may have struck a tetradrachm of Antiochus I,
WSM 1288, is only weakly supported by the coin's stylistic affinity to Alexandrine tetradrachm issues
struck at Tyre under Demetrius Poliorcetes.
3 Bellinger, End of the Seleucids, pp. 77-78. Bellinger accepts Newell's view that at some point
during this period Damascus briefly adopted the name Demetrias (see LSM, pp. 83-84 and n. 33)
but suggests that this occurred when the Nabataean ruler Aretas III was the city's protector and not
during the Seleucid era.
Coele-Syria
85
Obv. Diademed, bearded and horn-
ed (except 839-40) head of
Demetrius r.; fillet (838-42)
OYNIKATOPOZ Zeus seated
1. on throne, holding Nike
and scepter.
Tetradrachms.
838. A f 16.46. Rev. beneath throne, 2;
in exergue, date off flan (possibly
AnP, 184 S.E. = 129/8 B.C.).
Obv. die of LSM 698-h.
839. A f 16.56. Rev. to 1., "fed; beneath
throne, (Q); in exergue, ETTP
(185 S.E. = 128/7 B.C.). Obv. die
of LSM 72j; rev. monogram
beneath throne and date of LSM
71.
840. A f 16.61. Rev. to 1., H; beneath
throne, Id; in exergue, QT\P
(186 S.E. = 127/6 B.C.). Obv. die
and rev. monograms and date of
LSM 72(3.

Drachm.
841. A f 3.88. Rev. to 1., H; beneath
- in exergue, QT\P
127/6 B.C.).
throne, n
(186 S.E.
Tetradrachm.
842. A f 16.71. Rev. beneath legs of Zeus,
A; beneath throne, Q; in exergue,
CTTP (186 S.E. = 127/6 B.C.).
Obv. die and rev. monograms and
date of LSM 73.
arrow and bow; to r., A; in
exergue, indistinguishable
date.
843. JE \ 5.31. A. Spaer reports that
bronze issues of this type from
Israel are invariably dated 184
S.E. (129/8 B.C.).
r.; fillet border.
to 1., H>.
Tetradrachms.
844. A f 16.40. Rev. beneath throne, IJ;
in exergue, 9TTP (189 S.E. =
124/3 B.C.). LSM 82.
845. A f 16.42. As 844, except date, IP
(190 S.E. = 123/2 B.C.). Obv. die
LSM 84y.
846. A f 16.30. Rev. beneath throne, &;
in exergue, (190 S.E. = 123/2
B.C.). Rev. die of LSM 85a.
CLEOPATRA THEA AND
CHUS VIII
ANTIO-
86
r.; fillet border.
OANOYZ Zeus, crescent above
head, standing 1., holding
star and scepter; laurel
wreath border.
Tetradrachms.
850. JR f 16.63. Rev. to 1., AT above H;
in exergue, TSP (193 S.E. =
120/9 B.C.). Obv. die and rev.
monograms and date of LSM 91y.
851. JR f 16.44. As 850, except date A 9 P
(194 S.E. = 119/8 B.C.). Obv. die
LSM 94/.
852. JR f 16.38. Rev. to 1., KS above % ; in
exergue, ISP (197 S.E. = 116/5
B.C.). Obv. die and rev. mono-
grams and date of LSM 101a.
853. JR f 16.44. Rev. to 1., R) above EX;
In exergue, ISP (197 S.E. =
116/5 B.C.). Obv. die and rev.
monograms and date of LSM

102y.
854. JR f 15.93. Rev. to 1., NCT above
H; in exergue, 9SP (199 S.E.
= 114/3 B.C.). Obv. die and rev.
monograms and date of LSM
105a.
ANTIOCHUS IX
border.
OTTATOPOZ Athena stand-
ing 1., holding Nike and
spear, and resting 1. hand on
shield; laurel wreath border.
Tetradrachms.
855. JR f 16.20. Rev. to 1., A above EZ;
in exergue, Z (200 S.E. = 113/2
B.C.); E. Button 110, Oct. 1964,
811. Obv. die and rev. monograms
and date of LSM 1065.
856. JR f 16.39. Rev. to 1., I'? above AT;
in exergue, BZ (202 S.E. = 111/0
B.C.). Obv. die and rev. mono-
grams and date of LSM 1105.
Also see 885-86, dated bronze
issues of Antiochus IX which E. T.
Newell and A. R. Bellinger suggest may
have been struck at Damascus.
ANTIOCHUS VIII SECOND REIGN
scepter; to 1., A above Z,
above & ; beneath throne, H;
in exergue, 91 (209 S.E. =
104/3 B.C.); laurel wreath
border.
Tetradrachm.
grams and date of LSM 114a.
Coele-Syiua
87
861. JR \ 15.53. Rev. to 1., N above A;
in exergue, B KZ (222 S.E. =
91/0 B.C.). Obv. die of LSM
128; rev. monograms and date of
LSM 126.
Obv. Diademed, radiate, lightly
bearded head of Demetrius r.;
dotted border.
OY OIAOTTATOPOZ ZQTHPOY
Nike walking 1., holding
wreath and palm branch;
to 1., N above +1 ; exergue
date or monogram off flan;
dotted border.
862. JE f 6.89.
Hermes standing facing, hold-
ing palm branch and cadu-
ceus; to 1., N above A;
exergue date or monogram
off flan; dotted border.
863. M \ 3.44.
ANTIOCHUS XII

border.
Rev. BAZIAEQZ ANTIOXOY ETII-
OANOYZ OlAOTTATOPOZ KAA-
AINIKOY Hadad, capped
and bearded, standing facing
on two-tiered basis, holding
barley stalk in 1. hand;
foreparts of two bulls to
each side of legs; to 1., fTI
above /N; in exergue, H KZ
(228 S.E. = 85/4 B.C.); laurel
wreath border.
Tetradrachm.
864. JR \ 13.10. See LSM 132-34, tetra-
drachms of Antiochus dated 226
and 227 S.E.
r.; dotted border.
Rev. BAZIAEQZ ANTIOXOY AION-
YZOY ETTIOANOYZ OIAOTTA-
TOPOZ KAAAINIKOY Nude
Hermes standing facing, hold-
ing palm branch and cadu-
ceus; in exergue, itI; dotted
border.
865. iE f 1.61. See LSM 136, a similar
bronze issue in Paris without
visible monogram.
with sideburns r.; dotted bor-
der.
Rev. Inscription as 864. Zeus
standing 1., holding Nike and
scepter; to 1., (tI ; dotted bor-
der.
866. JE f 9.91. LSM 137.
Obv. As 865.
walking r., holding wreath
and palm branch; to 1. in-
distinguishable monogram(s).
88
SOUTH CENTRAL REGION: UNCERTAIN MINTS
ANTIOCHUS IV
Antiochus r; to 1., x ; fillet
(872) or dotted (873) border.
Rev. BAZIAEQZ ANTIOXOY God-
dess seated 1. on throne,
holding Nike and scepter; at
feet, a bird 1.; beneath throne,
M; dotted border.
872. JE f 3.05. Suse, p. 290 ("Group B")
and pi. 74, 12-21. On the basis
of provenance and style, Le Rider,
Suse, p. 291, has attributed coins
of this type to an uncertain mint
in Phoenicia or Palestine. From
Israei.
Rev. BAZIAEQZ ANTIOXOY Tyche
Isis headdress in r. hand;
to 1. of feet, river god (?)
dotted border.
873. IE f 1.84. The Isis headdress points to
a Palestinian mint. The figure to
the 1. of Tyche's feet is not clear,

but appears to be the head, trunk
and r. arm of a swimming or
reclining male figure. Possibly
struck at Ake-Ptolemais which,
during the Roman period, issued
coins carrying on their reverses
both Tyche resting a foot on the
half-figure of the river-god Belus,
and Isis: see L. Kadman, The
Coins of Akko Ptolemais (Jerusa-
lem, 1961), pp. 164-65, types 16,
18b, 19b and 20a (Tyche with
Belus); and pp. 167-68, types 40
and 41 (Isis). From Israei.
r.; dotted border.
OY OIAAAEAOOY N1KA-
TOPOZ Cornucopiae.
Drachms.
874. JR f 3.69. Rev. to lower r., AH above
AOP (171 S.E. = 142/1 B.C.). K.
Kress 182, 23 Mar. 1982, 891.
Obv. die of Naville 10, 15 Jun.
1925, 1198, which has the same
monogram but is dated 173 S.E.
875. JR / 3.67. Rev. to lower r., 11. From
Lebanon.
Two examples of the type of 875,
struck from a single but different obverse
die and with the same reverse monogram,
dated 172 S.E., are in the Staatliche
Museen, Berlin. See also A. Cahn 71,
14 Oct. 1931,541, a similar drachm with-
out monogram or date, and Naville 10,
15 Jun. 1925, 1197, a drachm of similar
type which carries the monogram ,
which appears on 411, a tetradrachm
tentatively attributed by O. Morkholm
to Seleucia Pieria or Laodicea. While an
attribution of 874-75 to the coastal area
of Syria Seleucis or Cilicia is likely, they
Uncertain South
89
Rev. Inscription as 874. Artemis
facing, holding lojng torch and
bow; in exergue, 9EP (169
S.E. = 144/3 B.C.); no visible
monograms.
879. JE f 10.75. BMC, p. 60, 23. Waage,
p. 16, 167, attributes a similar
coin of the same date and with
the exergue monogram A to
Seleucia Pieria. A Cilician mint
is also possible. From Lebanon;
A. Spaer reports others from Is-
kenderun, dates obliterated.
ANTIOCHUS VII
Obv. Bust of Athena wearing Corin-
thian helmet r.; dotted bor-
der.
Rev. BAZI AEQZ ANTIOXOY EYEP-
TETOY Owl 3/4 r.; to 1.,
R; in exergue, IOP (177
S.E. = 136/5 B.C.).
830. JE f 2.39. A. Spaer, "Monnaies de
bronze palestiniennes d'Antiochos
VII," RN 1971, pp. 160-61, has
attributed coins of this type to

Gaza, based on the monogram.
Other examples subsequently seen
by Spaer, however, clearly show
PJ as well as R , putting the at-
tribution into question. A more
northern Palestinian mint is sug-
gested by the style and precise
execution of coins of this type.
From Israei.
ANTIOCHUS VIII
r.; dotted (881-82) or no
(883) border.
standing 1., holding star (?)
in outstretched r. hand and
scepter with 1.; to 1., H\
881. JE f 4.88. From Lebanon.
882. JE f 5.34. From Israei.
Rev. Prow of galley(?); above,
A9P (194 S.E. = 119/8 B.C.),
I W ; to 1., to r., AT (?).
883. JE f 2.76. G. Macdonald, "Seltene und
unedierte Seleukidenmilnzen,"
ZfN 1912, p. 101,31, has attribut-
ed a similar coin, apparently
dated 9TTP (189 S.E. = 124/3
B.C.), to Aradus under Alexander
IlZabinas. The date of 883, how-
ever, places it fully within the
reign of Antiochus VIII. From
Lebanon.
ANTIOCHUS IX
head of Antiochus r.; dotted
border.
Rev. BAZIAEQZ ANTIOXOY (PIA-
OTTATOPOZ Cornucopiae.
Hemidrachm.
884. JR \ 1.87. Said to be from Lebanon.
Obv. Bust of Eros r.; dotted border.
walking 1., holding wreath; to
EASTERN REGlON
MESOPOTAMIA: CARRHAE
Carrhae, whose Macedonian garrison may have been established under Alexander the
Great, appears to have begun operation as a hellenistic mint under Antigonus, striking both
gold and silver issues in Alexander's name. The mint's production was continued by
Seleucus I following his assumption of control over northern Mesopotamia c. 302 B.C.;
Antiochus I may also have struck coins at Carrhae, although the evidence for this is
uncertain.1 No later Seleucid coinage is known for this mint.
SELEUCUS I
Rev. BAZIAEm ZEAEYKOYNike
and stylis; to lower 1., A.
Staters.
887. JE / 8.62. SNGLockett 3088; Naville
4, 16 Jun. 1922, 965. WSM 766
(this coin).
i. JE \ 8.59. Obv. die of 887. Rev. as
887 but monogram to 1. WSM
767.
ANTIOCHUS I
Obv. Macedonian shield, Medusa's
head as center device; dotted
border.
phant walking r.; above, an-

chor; monogram, if any, in-
distinguishable; dotted bor-
der.
889. JE / 4.36. See WSM 789 for a bronze
issue of similar type.
890. JE / 4.73. As 889.
MESOPOTAMIA: EDESSA
Edessa was founded by Seleucus I c. 302 B.C. No coinage of Seleucus has been identified
with this city, however, and only a few bronze issues of Antiochus I have been tentatively
attributed to its mint. Edessa was later renamed Antiochia on the Callirhoen, probably by
Antiochus IV, who permitted the city to strike municipal bronze issues with his own
portrait. No other Seleucid coinage is known for this mint.
1 The extreme break in iconography and style between the coinages of Seleucus I and Antiochus I
given by Newell to Carrhae, and the absence of monograms common to both series, suggest that they
may not have been struck at the same mint unless one assumes discontinuous production, for which
neither precedent nor reason seems to exist.
Mesopotamia
91
ANTIOCHUS I
rinthian helmet r.; dotted
border.
Rev. BAZIAEQZ ANTIOXOY Tro-
phy; dotted border.
891. JE - 3.46. WSM 800.
892. JE I 3.21. As 891.
893. JE I 6.86. Rev. to lower r., . WSM
801.
ANTIOCHUS IV
Rev. ANTIOXEQN TON ETTI KAA-
AIPOHI Zeus standing 1.,
holding eagle and scepter; to
L, SE.
894. JE f 7.87. BMC, p. 41, 77; Babelon
605-8.
MESOPOTAMIA: N IS IB IS
The mint of Nisibis was apparently activated at the end of the reign of Antiochus II,
who may have struck only a single bronze issue at this city. It produced an extensive
coinage in silver for Seleucus II, Antiochus III and Seleucus IV. No royal coinage is known
for Nisibis during the reign of Antiochus IV when the city, renamed Antioch in Mygdonia,
issued only municipal bronze coins with the king's portrait. Demetrius I and, perhaps,

Alexander I Balas and Demetrius II, may also have struck tetradrachms at Nisibis. No
later Seleucid coinage of Nisibis has been identified, although the city may have remained
part of the Seleucid Empire until c. 120 B.C.
SELEUCUS II
Obv. Jugate busts of Dioscuri, the
farther in profile 1., the nearer
3/4 1.; dotted border.
phant's head r.; to r., 4>;
dotted border.
895. JE / 4.21. WSM 807.
Obv. Jugate busts of Dioscuri r.;
dotted border.
Rev. BAZIAEQZ ZEAEYKOY In-
verted anchor, to 1., + , side-
ways; to r., bridled head of
horned horse r.; dotted border.
896. JE \ 5.26. WSM 815.
897. JE / 2.74. WSM 816.
head of Seleucus r.; dotted
border.
Apollo standing 1., hoIding
arrow and bow; behind, tri-
pod; 1. field monogram, if
any, indistinguishable; to r.,
dotted border.
Tetradrachm.
898. A I 16.80. Obv. die and rev. r. field
monogram of WSM 821.
tripod.
Obo1.
899. A <- 0.69. WSM 824.
92
ANTIOCHUS III
r.; fillet (900) or dotted (901-
3) border.
Stater.
900. A! f 8.49. Rev. to L, T; to r., AP;
in exergue, indistinguishable mo-
nogram. See WSM 831-33; 835-
36 for tetradrachms with the
same 1. and r. monograms.
Tetradrachms.
901. A f 16.86. Rev. to 1., AZ ZA; Obv.
die A7 and rev. monograms of
WSM 858.
902. A \ 16.66. Rev. to 1., .
phant walking r.; to 1., AP;
in exergue, K .
Tetradrachm.
903. JR f 16.91. Leu 22, 8 May 1979, 162.
The attribution is based on the
style of the obverse and the lower

monogram of the reverse, which is
similar to the r. field monogram
of WSM 868.
dotted border.
walking 1., holding palm
branch.
904. J E f 7.31. WSM 869.
See also 1051-56, tetradrachms of
Antiochus III of a type attributed by
Newell to Susa but which Le Rider has
suggested were struck at Nisibis.
SELEUCUS IV
to 1., wreath; dotted border.
holding arrow and bow; dot-
ted border.
Tetradrachms.
905. JR 1 16.95. Rev. to 1., [^E; in exergue,
AI. Obv. die A3, rev. as Merkholm,
Nisibe, p. 46, 3.
906. JR f 16.93. Rev. circular inscription;
in exergue, AI. Obv. die A5b, rev.
as Merkholm, Nisibe, p. 47, 7.
Numan hoard (CH 6, 37 "Syria";
CH 7, 97).
907. JR 1" 16.94. Rev. in exergue, AN .
Obv. die A9, rev. as Merkholm,
Nisibe, p. 47, 8.
908. JR \ 16.96. Obv. die as 907. Rev. in
exergue, A. Obv. die A9, rev.
as Merkholm, Nisibe, p. 47, 9.
ANTIOCHUS IV
Antiochus r.; to 1., x ; dotted
border.
Rev. ANTIOXEQN TON EN MYT-
AQNIAI Zeus seated 1. on
throne, holding eagle and
Babylonia
93
911. JR. / 16.42. As 910, but ZQTHPOZ
to 1. Strauss, p. 116,95 (this coin).
Le Rider. Suse, p. 215, 572, has sug-
gested an eastern origin for issues
of the above type, given their appearance
in eastern hoards. Strauss, pp. 135-36,
mentions Nisibis as a possible originat-
ing mint. The dry, somewhat rudimen-
tary execution of these issues, and the
fact that their stylistic elements appear
to have been drawn from Seleucid mints
of both east and west, tend to support
their assignment to a Mesopotamian
mint such as Nisibis, although the at-
tribution must be considered tentative.
ALEXANDER IBALAS
See 1003, a tetradrachm of Alexander
I Balas with the monogram 4*, attri-
buted by Le Rider to Seleucia on the
Tigris, but which may have been struck
at Nisibis.
See 1014-19, issues of Demetrius with
a bearded portrait, which may have
been struck by Demetrius at Nisibis after

his Parthian captivity.
BABYLONIA: BABYLON
Under Seleucus I, Babylon continued the issuance of tetradrachms of the Heracles-Zeus
type which had been inaugurated during Alexander's lifetime, as well as the silver lion
staters and fractions produced under Alexander's satrap Mazaeus but adorned with the
Seleucid anchor.1 The date of the mint's decommissioning is uncertain, but in any event
would have occurred before 275 B.C., when Antiochus decreed the removal of the city's
civilian population to Seleucia on the Tigris.2
SELEUCUS I
Obv. Baal seated 1., holding scepter;
dotted border.
Rev. Lion walking 1., above, an-
chor above TT; dotted border.
Staters.
912. JR I 15.20. Rev. in exergue, W , A".
See ESM 271, a stater with the
monograms TT and A; ESM
272-75, staters with TT and W .
913. JR / 15.08. Rev. in exergue, fib and
ivy leaf. Dies of ESM 276(3.
1 See ESM, pp. 104-6 regarding the variable weights of Seleucus's Babylonian lion staters, which
Newell suggests may have been intended for bulk use rather than individual coinage needs.
2 ESM, pp. 104-5. Newell suggests that Babylon may have stopped issuing lion coinage in the
280's (?), and in any case before the accession of Antiochus I in 280 B.C. N. Waggoner, "The Early
Alexander Coinage at Seleucia on the Tigris," ANSMX 15 (1969), p. 22, notes that Babylon's Alexan-
der-type coinage appears to have ceased c. 305 B.C. Based on the likely sequence of the coins of Seleu-
cus I at Susa, however, A. Houghton has proposed an opening date of the mint at Seleucia of c. 301 B.C.
(see section on Seleucia on the Tigris, n. 1), which poses the problem of explaining the four-year
gap in production of Attic weight coinage in Seleucid Babylonia during this period.
94
BABYLONIA: SELEUCIA ON THE TIGBIS
Founded by Seleucus I after 312 B.C.,1 Seleucia rapidly replaced Babylon as the admin-
istrative center of Babylonia, as well as the province's principal mint. Except for two
brief periods when the city was under the control of the usurpers Molon (221-220 B.C.)
and Timarchus (in Seleucia 161 B.C.), Seleucia struck coinage continuously and voluminous-
ly through the reigns of Seleucus's successors until c. 140 B.C., when the city was seized by
Mithradates I of Parthia.2 Seleucia was retaken for a short period by Antiochus VII
during his eastern campaign against the Parthians in 131/0-130/9 B.C., then was lost
again to the Parthian king Phraates II.
SELEUCUS I
Since the publication of ESM, re-
investigation of the early Seleucid coin-
ages of Seleucia by N. Waggoner ("The
Early Alexander Coinage at Seleucia on
the Tigris," ANSMN 15 [1969], pp. 21-
30) has indicated that Alexander-type
silver and associated issues of Seleucus I
(Newell's Series I, ESM 1-28; 936-45,
below) were not struck until after the
mint had begun production of its prin-
cipal coinage, of the elephant quadriga
and related types (Newell's Series II-
ESM 29-133). The catalogue of coins
of Seleucus I given below follows the
chronology of ESM as revised by Wag-

goner.
dotted border.
na, holding spear and shield,
in chariot drawn r. by four
horned elephants, anchor
above; dotted border.
Tetradrachms.
914. A \ 16.80. .Rep. to 1., B; above, AI.
Obv. die and rev. monograms of
ESM 29.
915. A I 16.07. Rev. to 1., Z; above, AA.
916. A / 16.60. Rev. in exergue, NA. See
ESM 39-42, similar tetradrachms
with monograms AN or NA.
Obv. Horned and bridled head of
horse r.; dotted border.
verted anchor; to r., P.
917. J E / 3.74. ESM 46.
Obv. As 914.
above, BW.
Tetradrachm.
918. A / 17.10. See ESM 47-50, tetra-
drachms with the same mono-
gram.
Obv. Tripod; dotted border.
verted anchor; dotted border.
Obols.
919. A / 0.66. Rev. to 1., A; to r., # .
Sternberg, 25 Nov. 1976, 136.
ESM 58.
920. A / 0.59. Rev. to 1., tjH; to r., B.
Myers-Adams 6, 6 Dec. 1973, 224.
ESM 60.
1 Exactly when is not certain. However, R. Hadley's endorsement of Bouche-Leclerq's view that
the city was established c. 300 B.C., "The Foundation Date of Seleucia on the Tigris," Historia 27
(1978), pp. 228-30, is supported by this author, Persepolis, p. 9, n. 6, on the basis of the probable date
of issuance of the elephant biga coinage of Susa.
8 Suse, pp. 361 and 371.
Babylonia
95
Obv. As 914.
Tetradrachm.
921. A \ 17.12. Rev. in exergue, AG.
Obv. die A49 of ESM 62; rev. as
ESM 62.
Drachms.
922. A f 4.21. Rev. below anchor ; be-
low shield, A . WSM, p. 12,70A.
923. A / 4.20. Rev. to 1., O; to r., of
anchor, A. WSM, p. 13, 78A.
924. A / 4.18. Rev. below shield, A 0.
ESM 80.
Rev. Inscription and type as 914
except Athena in elephant
biga.
Hemidrachm.
925. A \ 2.06. Rev. to 1., A; below shield,
O. SM 83.
J?w. Inscription and type as 914.
Drachm.
926. A \ 4.06. Rev. below shield, O; in
exergue, A. Dies of ESM 90.
Ofct;. Laureate head of Apollo r.;
dotted border.

Rev. BAZIAEQZ ZEAEYKOY Bull
charging r.; above, K; in
exergue, O; dotted border.
927. JE <- 13.23. WSM, p. 13, 99A.
928. JE f 3.31.
Obv. As 914.
below shield, pentalpha and
O.
Tetradrachm.
929. A \ 16.88. Dies A68-P160 of ESM
101.
Drachm.
930. A \ 4.12. Rev. Rev. to 1., O; below
shield, pentalpha. ESM 103.
Tetradrachm.
931. A / 17.07. Rev. to L, pentalpha;
below shield, O.
Obv. As 927.
above, O and pentalpha.
932. JE \ 6.28. ESM 105.
dotted border.
between rear legs of bull, W;
beneath belly, O.
933. JE / 10.92. See ESM 117 for bronze
issue of same type with similar
monograms.
Obv. As 914.
indistinguishable.
Obo1.
934. A \'0.64.
rinthian helmet r.
and stylis (?); to lower 1. T;
to lower r., BE or BE A.
Stater.
96
Rev. Inscription and type as 936,
except Zeus holds eagle and
scepter.
938. A *- 16.74, .Rep. to 1. T (?) above T';
beneath throne, A.
Nos. 936-38, above, chronologically
precede 939-46, in accordance with
Waggoner's study.
Obv. As 935.
Stater.
939. All 8.61. Rev. to lower r., K. ESM\.
Drachm.
940. A / 3.92. Obv. dotted border. Rev.
toi., W.
Obv. As 936.
to 1., W; dotted border.
Tetradrachms.
941. A <- 17.09. Rev. beneath throne, AI.
Obv. die A12 of ESM 4.
942. A \ 17.09. .Rei>. beneath throne, K;
Dies A18-P50 of ESM 5.
Obv. Head of Athena in crested
Attic helmet r.; dotted border.
ff.

Rev. Bull r., pawing ground; above,
943. J E / 8.29. ESM 6.
944. JE - 2.21. Rev. monogram indistin-
guishable.
Obv. As 936.
to 1., M* within wreath; be-
neath throne, K.
Tetradrachm.
945. A 1 16.94. Dies A15-P55 of ESM 12.
JOINT REIGN OF SELEUCUS I AND
ANTIOCHUS I
dotted border.
Rev. BAIIAEQZ ZEAEYKOY AN-
TIOXOY Bull charging r.;
indistinguishable.
946. JE f 3.85. See ESM 664-67; 672-74,
for silver issues of Bactra struck
in the names of both Seleucus and
his son. This bronze issue,
without identifiable monogram
which could relate it to a specific
mint, has been attributed to
Seleucia on the basis of its type,
style and low relief.
Nike and scepter; to 1., ZIM;
beneath throne, EY (?); dot-
ted border.
Tetradrachm.
947. *- 17.11. See Waggoner, pp. 26-27 for
the attribution of similar Alexan-
drine tetradrachms struck in
Antiochus's name to the period
of the joint rule of Seleucus and
Antiochus at Seleucia.
ANTIOCHUS I
Babylonia
97
Obv. Laureate head of Apollo 3/4
r.; dotted border.
facing r., arms on trophy;
dotted border.
953. JE \ 6.78. Rev. 1. field monogram, if
any, off flan; to r., W. See ESM
167 for a bronze issue of similar
type with same r. field monogram.
954. JE I 3.79. Rev. to 1., WH; to r., $. See
ESM 177, a tetradrachm with
the same monograms.
ANTIOCHUS II
r.; dotted border.
ted border.
Tetradrachms.
955. JR \ 16.79. Rev. to 1., ffl; to r., .
Kricheldorf 13,23 Sept. 1963,148.
ESM 178.
956. JR f 17.06. Rev. to 1.. W; to r., S .
ESM 181.

Obv. Laureate head of Apollo 3/4 1.
arrow and bow; to 1., + ; to r.,
M.
957. JE f 19.12. See ESM 182 for a bronze
of similar type with the same r.
field monogram.
958. JE f 14.86. As 957, but the 1. field
monogram is rendered "t".
959. JE f 2.46. L. field monogram partly off
flan. See ESM 184 for a bronze
of similar type with the same r.
field monogram.
Obv. As 955.
Tetradrachm.
960. JR f 17.01. Rev. to 1., A ; to r., &
Kastner 6, 26 Nov. 1974, 174.
Dies of ESM 186e.
Staters.
961. N / 8.47. Rev. to 1., C*J>. Obv. die and
rev. monogram of ESM 187.
10 (this coin).
962. N / 8.55. Obv. die of 961. Rev. to 1.,
kP; to r., W. Houghton, Tarik
Darreh, p. 42, n. 11 and pi. 4, B
(this coin).
Tetradrachm.
963. JR f 17.02. Rev. as 962. ESM 189.
dotted border.
Rev. BAZIAK2Z ANTIOXOY Athe-
na standing 1., holding spear,
with 1. hand on hip and shield
to 1.; to 1., fef; to r., ^ ; dot-
ted border.
964. JE / 7.55. ESM 192.
SELEUCUS II
rinthian helmet r.
Rev. AAEEANAPOY Nike walking
98
Obv. Horned and diademed bust
of Seleucus 3/4 1.; dotted
border.
Rev. BAZIAEQZ ZEAEYKOYRider
with spear in upraised r.
hand on horned horse rearing
r.; beneath hooves, a fallen
man; to 1., ;to r., tiff; dot-
ted border.
967. JE \ 3.74. ESM 203.
dotted border.
Rev. BAZIAEQZ ZEAEYKOY Hor-
ned and bridled head of horse
r.; to 1., W>; to r., Dtf .
968. JE - 3.23. See, ESM 207, a bronze
with bull's head reverse type,
Obv. As 966.
arrow and bow; to 1., iED ; to r.,
W.
969. JE f 9.71. ESM 213.
SELEUCUS III

RT ; to r., ttf .
Tetradrachm.
970. /R \ 16.97. Obv. die and rev. mono-
grams of ESM 2156.
MOLON
Obv. Laureate head of Zeus r.; dot-
ted border.
Rev. BAZIAEQZ MOAQNOZ Dra-
ped Apollo walking r., holding
kithara and plectrum; to 1.,
indistinguishable monogram;
to r., ffl ; dotted border.
971. JE f 7.56. See ESM 227 for a bronze
issue of Molon of similar type.
ANTIOCHUS III
r.; dotted border.
(?); to r., PF? (?); dotted
border.
Gold Octodrachm.
972. N f 34.15. Leu 20, 25 Apr. 1978, 161.
See ESM 240, a tetradrachm
with similar monograms.
dotted border.
and palm branch; to 1., in-
distinguishable monogram; to
r., m.
973. JE f 8.42. See WSM, p. 21, 243A, a
bronze issue of similar type.
Obv. As 972.
dotted border.
Tetradrachms.
Babylonia
99
ANTIOCHUS IV
Obv.
r.; fillet border.
ted border.
Tetradrachms.
A / 17.00. Rev. in exergue, . See
Suse, pi. 25, E-F, tetradrachms
of similar style.
A / 16.78. Rev. in exergue, W. Obv.
die and rev. monogram of Suse,
pi. 25, M. Strauss, p. 112, 33
(this coin).
981. A f 16.96. Rev. to L, PP. Obv. die
of Suse, p. 138, 303. Merkholm,
Susiana, p. 132, 38 (this coin).
979.
980.
Obv.
Rev.
982. JE \
983. JE f

984. JE \
985. JE f
986. JE f
Obv.
Diademed, radiate head of
BAZIAEQZ ANTIOXOY God-
dess, draped and wearing
polos, seated 1. on throne,
holding Nike and scepter; at
feet, a bird (eagle?), 1.; no
distinguishable monograms;
dotted border.
18.36. Obv. to 1., k . Suse, p. 291
("Group A"), and pi. 26, K-L.
16.02. As 982.
Obv. to 1.,
7.51.
M-O.
4.69. Obv. to 1.
307, 4-6; P-Q.
2.46.
Suse, pi. 26,
Suse, pi. 26,
r.; dotted border.
Rev. BAZIAEQZ ANTIOXOY 9ECY
ETTIOANOYZ Type as 982;
dotted border.
987. JE f 6.48. Rev. to 1., PP; to r.,
indistinguishable symboi. See
Suse, pi. 26, E-H for bronze issues
of similar type with same 1. field
monogram.
988. JE f 2.77. Rev. to lower r., PP.
989. JE j 9.73. Obv. star above king's fore-
head.
TIMARCHUS
Obv. Diademed, helmeted bust of
Timarchus r.; fillet border.
Rev. BAZIAEQZ METAAOY TI-
100
JR / 16.63. Obv. to 1., Iff; rev. Tyche
wears a polos. Suse, pi. 28, E.
Gold Octodrachm.
999. N f 33.68. Obv. die of 998. Dies of
Suse, pi. 28, E, a tetradrachm.
Obv. Type as 996.
ing arrow and resting 1. elbow
on tripod; dotted border.
1000. JE f 4.70. Suse, pi. 28, G-I.
1001. JE j 5.39. As 1000.
Obv. Horned, diademed bust of
Demetrius 3/41.; fillet border.
Bearded, robed male figure
wearing polos, standing 3/4 1.,
holding patera and cornuco-
piae; dotted border.
1002. JE f 3.66. Suse, pi. 28, K.
ALEXANDER I BALAS
r.; fillet (1003) or dotted
(1004) border.

Tetradrachms.
1003. JR f 16.50. Rev. in exergue, 4^. Suse,
p. 147, 311. HLR, p. 118, 89
(this coin). An attribution to
Nisibis is an alternative possibility
for this tetradrachm. Its single
monogram is the same as that of
eastern issues of Demetrius I
which cannot be part of the
Seleucia series belonging to the
latter king (see 910-11, above).
1004. JR / 16.53. Rev. in exergue, W. Suse,
p. 147, 312. HLR, p. 118, 90
(this coin).
Obv. Type as 1003; no border.
Drachm.
1005. Si \ 4.14. Rev. exergue monogram off
flan. Suse, p. 148, 313. Strauss,
p. 116,106 (this coin).
Obv. As 1003.
Tetradrachm.
1006. JR / 16.73. Suse, p. 148, 314; HLR,
p. 118, 97 (this coin).
DEMETRIUS II
r.; dotted (1007) or fillet
(1008, 1010-13) border.
Rev. BAZIAEQZ AHMHTPIOY OI-
AAAEAOOY NIKATOPOZ
bow.
Tetradrachm.
1007. JR f 16.41. Strauss, p. 118, 122 (this
coin).
SUSIANA
101
Tetradrachm.
1013. JR / 16.28. Rev. in exergue, W . Suse,
pi. 30, F-I. HLR, p. 120, 134.
(this coin).
head of Demetrius r.; fillet
border.
OY NI KATOPOZ Nude Apollo
seated 1. on omphalos, holding
arrow and bow.
Tetradrachms.
1014. A / 16.12. HLR, p. 120, 142 (this
coin).
1015. A / 16.20. As 1014. HLR, p. 120,
143 (this coin).
See Strauss, p. 119, 129, regar-
ding the attribution of tetradrachms of
the above type to Seleucia. The
inscription, howeverlacking the epithet
OI AAAEAOOY suggests that they
may have been struck during Demetrius's
second reign, and therefore possibly at
another mint, perhaps Nisibis.

Rev. BAZIAEQZ AHMHTPIOY NI-
KATOPOZ Bearded male
figure, wearing polos and
holding cornucopiae, clasping
hand of female figure
(Tyche?) wearing polos and
with cornucopiae.
1016. JE f 5.90. Rev. to 1., E; between
figures, Y.
1017. JE \ 7.28. Rev. to 1., H above I";
between figures, I.
1018. JE f 11.14. Rev. to 1., H above E;
between figures, Y.
1019. JE f 5.54.
Le Rider (Suse, p. 152) has questioned
the attribution of bronze issues of the
above type to Seleucia by E. T. Newell
in his review of R. H. McDowell, Coins
from Seleucia on the Tigris (Ann Arbor,
1935), in AJA 1937, p. 516, where he
comments on an autonomous bronze issue
(McDowell's no. 132) with a reverse type
similar to the above issues. The in-
scription of 1016-19 suggests that they
were struck after Demetrius's Parthian
captivity, and therefore at another mint,
perhaps Nisibis.
ANTIOCHUS VII
r.; dotted border.
TETOY Nike standing 1.,
holding wreath and palm
branch; in exergue, mP (183
S.E. = 130/9 B.C.).
1020. JE f 5.54. Suse, p. 155, and pi. 31,
E-F.
SUSIANA: SUSA
Shortly after the assertion of his claim to rule the empire of Alexander in the east, and
possibly in connection with his eastern campaigns, Seleucus I began issuing coins in his own
name at Susa, which he renamed Seleucia on the Eulaeus. Thereafter Susa struck continu-
ously as a Seleucid mint until the occupation of the city by the Elymaean ruler Kamnaski-
res I c. 147 B.C. Demetrius II regained Susa, issuing a brief coinage of tetradrachms c. 145
102
SELEUCUS I
The catalogue of coins of Seleucus I
given below follows the chronology of
ESM, as amended by Houghton, Perse-
polis. Specific references are to coins in
this study.
holding eagle and scepter;
to 1., wreath above horned
horse's head 1.; beneath Zeus's
arm, Boeotian shield; beneath
throne, BE above TI; dotted
border.
Tetradrachm.
1021. JR \ 16.80. Sotheby, 30 Apr. 1958
(Haughton), 123. ESM 123;
Houghton, pi. 1, 4.
Obv. Head of Alexander as Diony-
sus, in helmet covered with
panther's skin and adorned
with the horns and ear of a
bull; dotted border.

Rev. BAZIAEQZ ZEAEYKOY Vic-
tory standing r., crowning
trophy with a laurel wreath;
dotted border.
Tetradrachms.
1022. /R \ 17.00. Rev. to lower 1., BE;
between victory and trophy,
Boeotian shield; to lower r., R" .
Spaer, Qazvin 21 (this coin);
Houghton, p. 6, dies A1-P2 and
pi. 1, 3.
1023. JR \ 17.08. Rev. to lower 1., ^;
between victory and trophy, R".
ESM 426.
Drachm.
1024. JR / 3.91. Rev. to lower 1., H;
between victory and trophy, AX.
ESM 418.
Tetradrachm.
1025. JR \ 16.89. Rev. to lower 1., M;
between victory and trophy, AX.
ESM 420.
Obv. As 1021.
Rev. BAZIAEQZ ZEAEYKOY Type
as 1021; to 1., Helios
bust facing, above K;
beneath throne, AP; dotted
border.
Tetradrachm.
1026. JR -* 17.03. Obv. die and rev. mono-
grams of ESM 304.
Obv. Laureate head of Zeus r.,
dotted border.
na holding spear and shield,
in chariot drawn by two
horned elephants r.; above,
spearhead; dotted border.
Tetradrachm.
1027. JR / 17.17. Rev. to r., Helios bust
facing; in exergue, K , A P. Obv.
die and rev. monograms of ESM
307.
SUSIANA
103
above, anchor; above ele-
phants' heads, A; to r., A.
Tetradrachm.
1032. A / 16.94.
Newell's assignment of ESM 331-35
and ESM 337-39, to Susa has been
questioned by both Le Rider (Suse,
pp. 31-32) and Morkholm, who has
suggested that they may have been
struck at Ecbatana instead. Pending a
study which would conclusively resolve
the question of attribution, the following
eastern issues of Seleucus I have been
catalogued according to the arrangement
In ESM.
Obv. As 1027.
Rev. BAZIAEQZ ZEAEYKOYAthe-
na holding spear and shield,
in chariot drawn by four
anchor; to r. of shield, ; to
r. of elephants, @ .
Tetradrachm.
1033. A. <- 16.77. See ESM 331-35 for issues

with the monogram @.
Rev. BAZIAEQZ ZEAEYKOY Ar-
temis, holding arrow and bow,
in chariot drawn by two
horned elephants r.; above
elephants, @ ; to lower r., .
Stater.
1034. N <- 8.56. Dies of ESM 331. For
another example, see G. K. Jen-
kins, "Recent Acquisitions of
Greek Coins by the British Mu-
seum," NC 1959, p. 42, 22.
Obv. Bearded head of Heracles
wearing lion's skin r.; dotted
border.
phant, bell suspended from
neck, walking r.; above, an-
chor and ; to lower r., ;
dotted border.
1035. M \ 8.89. See ESM 335 for a bronze
issue of similar type with the
same upper monogram.
to 1. of Athena, bow; above
shield, ; to r. of shield,
anchor; to lower r., .
Tetradrachm.
1036. A I 16.48. Dies of ESM 338.
ANTIOCHUS I
panther's skin and adorned
with the ear and horns of a
bull; dotted border.
Rev. BAZIAEQZ ANTIOXOY Vic-
tory standing r., crowning
trophy with a laurel wreath;
between victory and trophy,
in ; dotted border.
Drachm.
1037. A f 3.97. Houghton, p. 11 and pi.
104
rinthian heImet r.
and stylis.
Staters.
1040. A/ I 8.47. Rev. to lower 1., ; to
lower r., IE. See WSM, p. 24,
345A, a tetradrachm with similar
monograms.
1041. A' - 8.50. Rev. to lower 1., -P; to
lower r., M. Hess-Leu 45, 12
May 1970, 334. See ESM 351, a
tetradrachm of the same type
with similar monograms.
Obv. Busts of Dioscuri, facing; dot-
ted border.
phant walking 1.; to r., Pi;
between elephant's legs, torch
(?).
1042. JE I 2.47. See Suse, p. 46, 6 and pi. 2,
for bronze issues of similar type.
ANTIOCHUS I OR II

rinthian helmet r.
and stylis (?); to lower 1. 6c;
to lower r., SE .
Stater.
1043. A' \ 8.60. Houghton, Tarik Darreh,
ANTIOCHUS II
rinthian helmet r.
and stylis; to lower 1., Bt ;to
lower r., 2J.
Staters.
1044. A! \ 8.52. Houghton, Tarik Darreh,
1045. N -* 8.50. Rev. lower r. field mono-
gram has been recut over ^1.
MuM 19, 5 Jun. 1959, 523.
n. 12 and pi. 5, C (this coin).
SELEUCUS II
arrow and bow; to 1., Be; to
r., .
Stater.
1046. A! / 8.57. Houghton, Tarik Darreh,
SELEUCUS II OR III
Obv. Diademed male bust 3/4 r.;
dotted border.
A ; r. field monogram partly
off flan.
1047. JE \ 15.96. Suse, p. 52, 24, and pi. 3.
ANTIOCHUS III
SUSIANA
105
Obv. Horned and diademed bust of
Antiochus 3/4 r.; dotted bor-
der.
Rev. BAZIAEQE ANTIOXOY Nude
arrow and bow; to 1., ;to
r., X (?); dotted border.
1049. JE / 14.77. See Suse, p. 54, 34, and
pi. 3 for a tetradrachm with
similar obverse style.
r.; dotted border.
Rev. BAZIA EQZ AN TIOXOYAthe-
na wearing Corinthian helmet
standing facing, head 1., hold-
ing spear; at feet to 1., shield;
to 1., A. ; to r., &; dotted
border.
1050. JE \ 7.22. ESM 391; Suse, p. 55, 36
and pi. 3.
On the basis of their monograms and
adjusted dies, Le Rider (Suse, p. 25 and
n. 7) has strongly questioned Newell's
attribution to Susa of coins of the type of
1051-56, below (ESM 392-404), and

has suggested their assignment to Nisi-
bis instead.
Pending a definitive resolution of the
attribution of such issues, they have
been catalogued in accordance with ESM.
Obv. As 1050.
ted border.
Tetradrachms.
1051. A -> 16.89. Rev. to 1., ;to r., ft .
HLR, p. 112. 2 (this coin).
1052. A / 16.91. Rev. to 1., n . ESM 392.
1053. A \ 17.11. Rev. to 1., rose; to r., W. .
Obv. die A2 and rev. symbol and
monogram of ESM 393.
1054. A f 17.17. Rev. to 1., rose; to r., PA.
Obv. die A3 and rev. symbol and
monogram of ESM 394.
1055. A f 16.50. Rev. to 1., rose; to r., PT .
ESM 396.
1056. A f 16.93. Rev. to 1., V; to r., Ai.
Dies of ESM 399.
Obv. Bee; dotted border.
Rev. BAZ IA EQZ ANTIOXOY Her-
mes, wearing petasus and
holding caduceus, standing
3/4 1.; monograms, if any,
indistinguishable.
1057. JE f 2.77. Suse, p. 57, 43.
SELEUCUS IV
dotted border.
Tetradrachms.
1058. JR f 17.04. Rev. to 1., X; to r., Pfl.
Dies of Suse, pi. 4, D.
1059. ' /R / 15.56. Dies of 1058. Strauss, p.
Ill, 15 (this coin).
The portrait of 1058-59 resembles that
106
ANTIOCHUS IV
Obv.
r.; fillet border.
ted border.
Tetradrachms.
1063. At f 17.08. Rev. to L, A; to r.,
MuM 37, 5 Dec. 1968,241. Strauss,
p. 112, 29 (this coin).
1064. At f 16.87. Rev. to r., Ab\ in exergue,
A (?). Dies of Suse, pi. 5, E-F.
Obv. Diademed head of Zeus with
Ammon's horn r.; to 1., lotus-
tipped scepter; dotted border.
Rev. BAZIAEQZ ANTIOXOY Nike,
holding palm branch, riding
biga r.; to r., Ab ; below, W3.
1065. JE 3.35. See Suse, p. 67 and pi. 5,
H, a bronze issue of similar type
DEMETRIUS I
Obv. Die of 1064 (Head of Antio-

chus IV).
ompholos, holding arrow and
bow; dotted border (1068-76).
Tetradrachm.
At / 16.88. Rev. to r., Ab ; in exergue,
1066.
1067.
1068.
1069.
r.; fillet border.
Tetradrachms.
At \ 16.94. Rev. to r., Ab ; in exergue,
A. Dies of Suse, p. 69, 67. HLR,
p. 116, 56 (this coin).
At \ 16.68. Rev. to L, ffl ; in exergue,
A. HLR, p. 116, 58 (this coin).
Al / 16.79. Rev. to 1., ;in exergue,
fl. HLR, p. 116, 59 (this coin).
1071. AX.
1070. Al f 16.87. Obv. die of 1069. Rev. to
1., P) in exergue, AI. Morkholm,
Susiana, p. 138, 65 (this coin).
16.88. Rev. die of 1070, but the
exergue monogram has been recut
to the form AN. Strauss, p. 114,
62 (this coin).
16.93. Rev. to 1., A; in exergue,
R. Dies of Suse, pi. 6, 2.
At \ 16.88. Obv. die of 1072. Rev.
die of 1072, but the 1. field mono-
gram has been recut to the form
. HLR, p. 116, 60 (this coin).
16.81. Rev. in exergue, H.
Strauss, p. 114, 57 (this coin).
15.68. Rev. to 1., H ; to r., mono-
gram off flan; in exergue, H.
1076. At / 16.58. Rev. to 1., A ; or r. Y1; in
exergue, 7^ . Morkholm, Susiana,
p. 136, 59 (this coin).
SUSIANA
107
DEMETRIUS II
r.; fillet border.
bow; dotted border.
Tetradrachms.
1081. A \ 16.84. Rev. to 1., X; in exergue,
EC (WT)?. Strauss, p. 118,
119 (this coin).
1082. A -> 16.86. Rev.tol.,V>\ ;tor., H$ (?);
in exergue, M. . Strauss, p. 118,
120 (this coin).
1083. A \ 16.84. Rev. die of 1082. Strauss,
p. 118, 121 (this coin).
SUSIANA: ANTIOCH ON THE PERSIAN GULF
The first coinage of Antioch on the Persian Gulf appears to have been struck by An-
tiochus IV, who is reported to have refounded the city after its destruction by floods.1
Thereafter the mint struck continuously until the early part of the reign of Demetrius II.
Antioch fell to the Parthians c. 141 R.C.
ANTIOCHUS IV
r., star above forehead on
1084-86; fillet border.

Tetradrachms.
1084. A f 16.82. Rev. star above head; to
1., PP; to r., W. Morkholm,
Seleucid Mint, p. 32, A2-P1 (this
coin).
1085. A f 16.83. Rev. to 1., W>; to r.,W.
1086. A / 17.01. As 1085. Morkholm, Se-
leucid Mint, p. 32, A3-P2 (this
coin).
1087. A / 16.83. Rev. to 1., rl ; to r.p A.
MuM FPL 326, May 1974, 4.
1088. A f 16.79. Rev. to 1., Ti ; to r., H.
MuM 37, 5 Dec. 1968, 243. Mork-
holm, Seleucid Mint, p. 34, A7-
P7 (this coin).
Antiochus r., dotted border.
Hemidrachm.
1089. A f 1.92. Rev. to L, CD (?).
Obols.
1090. A 1 0.71.
1091. A \ 0.79.
Morkholm, Seleucid Mint, pp. 3233,
has attributed drachm issues of Antio-
chus IV of the type of 1089-91 to An-
tioch on the Persian Gulf, primarily on
the basis of their adjusted dies.
See also 1316-17, which Morkholm
has suggested should be attributed to
Antioch on the Persian Gulf.
1 Pliny, HN 6.138-39; see O. Morkholm, Antiochus IV of Syria (Copenhagen, 1966), pp. 167-69.
108
DEMETRIUS I
r.; fillet border.
bow.
Tetradrachms.
1092. JR f 16.83. Rev. to L, 3 ; to r., .
Morkholm, Seleucid Mini, p. 34,
Al-Pl (this coin).
1093. JR f 16.60. Rev. 1. field monogram off
flan; to r., 13 . Kricheldorf 18, 4
Dec. 1967, 84. See Morkholm,
Seleucid Mint, p. 35, A5-P6, a
tetradrachm with the same r.
field monogram.
1094. JR / 16.62. Rev. to 1., H (?); in exer-
gue, EE? . Obv. die A2 of Mork-
holm, Seleucid Mint, p. 34.
1095. JR f 16.78. Rev. toi., & ;tor., 5 (?).
1096. JR \ 16.65. Rev. to 1., indeterminate
monogram (>fc ?); to r., indistin-

guishable monogram. Morkholm,
Seleucid Mint, p. 36, A8-P9 (this
coin).
1097. JR f 16.83. Rev. to 1., ffi ; to r., 1 .
Obv. die of Morkholm, Seleucid
Mint, p. 36, A6-P7, where 1.
field monogram is rendered A .
See also 1319-20, tetradrachm issues
of Demetrius which Morkholm has
suggested should be attributed to An-
tioch on the Persian Gulf.
BALUCHISTAN:
The following coin series, related by
style, technique and provenance, was
evidently the product of a local mint,
probably operating during the reign of
Antiochus I.
ANTIOCHUS I?
ALEXANDER I BALAS
r.; fillet border.
bow.
Tetradrachms.
1098. JR f 16.68. Rev. to 1. and r., indis-
tinguishable monograms. Dies
A2-P2 of Morkholm, Seleucid
Mint, p. 37.
1099. JR / 16.64. Rev. to 1., ft; to r., A.
Morkholm, Seleucid Mint, p. 37,
A3-P3 (this coin).
1100. JR / 16.75. Rev. to 1., A ; to r., A.
Rev. die of Morkholm, p. 36,
Al-Pl, where 1. monogram is
rendered A .
1101. JR \ 16.62. Rev. to 1., A; to r., HP.
Dies A4-P4 of Morkholm, Seleu-
cid Mint, p. 37. Strauss, p. 117,
113 (this coin).
Media
109
Drachms.
1103. At \ 3.79. Houghton, Persepolis 1.
1104. At t- 3.80. Houghton, Persepolis 3.
1105. At f 4.11. Rev. below, CI. Houghton,
Persepolis 7.
1106. At \ 3.94. Rev. below, A A. Houghton,
Persepolis 8.
1107. At / 4.09. Rev. below, I A. Houghton,
Persepolis 9.
1108. A f 4.06. .Rep. below, indistinguish-
able monogram. Houghton, Per-
sepolis 10.
Hemidrachms.
1109. At <- 1.90. Rev. below, EB (?).
Houghton, Persepolis 11.
1110. A / 1.91. Houghton, Persepolis 15.
1111. / 2.06. .Rep. below, \F or \J .
Houghton, Persepolis 16.
Rev. Type as 1103; no inscription
except as noted.
Obols.
1112. At / 0.65. Rev. traces of inscription
to r.; below, CA. Houghton,
Persepolis 17.
1113. At \ 0.43. Houghton, Persepolis 20.

1114. At I 0.61. Houghton, Persepolis 21.
1115. At / 0.66. Houghton, Persepolis 22.
1116. At / 0.61. Houghton, Persepolis 23.
1117. A <- 0.59. Houghton, Persepolis 24.
1118. At \ 0.60 (broken). Houghton, Perse-
polis 25.
1119. At / 0.79.
MEDIA: ECBATANA
The mint of Ecbatana opened under Seleucus I late in the fourth century B.C., initially
striking gold and silver coinage in Alexander's name, then issues with the name of Seleucus
as king.1 With the exception of a two-year period when the usurper Timarchus held the city
as his capital (142-140 B.C.) Ecbatana remained under continuous Seleucid control, for the
most part maintaining a voluminous and often diverse coinage which ceased only when
Mithradates I of Parthia seized the city in c. 148/7 B.C.2
SELEUCUS I
Rev. AAEEANAPOY Zeus seated
1. on throne, holding eagle and
scepter; dotted border.
Tetradrachms.
1120. At I 17.03. Rev. to 1., li above fore-
part of grazing horse 1.; beneath
throne, UP. ESM 456.
1121. At \ 17.03. Rev. to 1., head of horned
horse 1.; beneath throne, A I.
ESM 457.
Obv. Head of Athena in Corin-
thian helmet r.
Rev. AAEEANAPOY Nike stand-
ing 1., holding wreath and
stylis; to1., above above
inverted anchor; to lower 1.,
forepart of grazing horse 1.;
to lower r., ZQ.
Stater.
1122. N I 8.51. Houghton, Tarik Darreh,
1 Newell, ESM, p. 162, proposes a date of c. 311 B.C. for the opening of the mint. For whatever
reason, Seleucus's name was evidently not added to the coinage of Ecbatana until more than a decade
after his assumption of the royal title in 305 B.C.
* Le Rider, Suse, pp. 339-40.
110
Obv. As 1120.
to 1., K and above anchor
above forepart of grazing
horse L; beneath throne, ZQ.
Tetradrachm.
1123. JR \ 17.04. ESM 475.
Rev. BAZIAEQZ ZEAEYKOY Type
as 1120; to 1., anchor above
forepart of grazing horse 1. on
1124-30; dotted border.
Tetradrachm.
1124. JR \ 17.14. Rev. to 1., <g and ;
beneath throne, ZQ. ESM 480.
Spaer, Qazvin 49 (this coin).
Didrachm.
1125. JR / 8.62. Rev. to 1., P"; beneath
throne, ZQ. Spaer, Qazvin 60
(this coin).
Tetradrachms.
1126. JR \ 17.16. Rev. to 1., W; beneath
throne, W . ESM 487. Spaer,
Qazvin 75 (this coin).
1127. JR I 17.12. Rev. to 1., ; beneath
throne, M. Obv. die and rep.

monograms of ESM 497.
1128. JR | 17.00. .Rep. to 1., ; beneath
throne, rfl . ESM 498.
1129. yR I 17.04. flep. to 1., tk ; beneath
throne, . ESA* 500.
1130. i \ 16.93. Rev. to 1., BA; beneath
throne, K . ESM 504.
1131. JR / 17.10. Rev. to L, inverted anchor
above A; beneath throne, A".
ESM 506.
Drachm.
1132. JR f 4.09. Uei>. BAZIAEQZ off flan;
toi.,r (A1 ?). Tentative attribu-
tion, based on obverse style and
presumed monogram.
Obo1.
1133. JR \ 0.59. Rev. to 1., inverted anchor;
monograms, if any, indistinguish-
able. Tentative attribution, based
on symboi.
See also 1033-36, issues of Seleucus I
whose attribution to Susa by Newell has
been questioned by Le Rider and Mork-
holm, and which may have been struck
at Ecbatana.
ANTIOCHUS I
r.; dotted border.
eagle and scepter; dotted bor-
der.
Drachm.
1134. JR - 4.13. Rev. to 1., tt above fore-
part of lion 1.; beneath throne, TV.
ESM 509.
Tetradrachms.
1135. JR / 17.10. Rev. to 1., & above fore-
part of lion 1.; beneath throne, .
Hess-Leu 28, 6 May 1965, 269.
See ESM 511, a drachm with the
same symbol and monograms.
Spaer, Qazvin 87 (this coin).
Media
111
ANTIOCHUS II
r.; dotted border.
Apollo standing 1., r. foot on
bow; dotted border.
1141. JE -> 5.10. Rev. to L, A. ESM 538.
holding arrow (1142) or three
arrows (1143) and bow.
Stater.
1142. N I 8.50. Rev. to 1. of Apollo's head,
; toi. of legs, above forepart
of grazing horse 1. WSM, p. 28,
541A.
Tetra drachm.
1143. JR I 16.33. Rev. to 1. of head, ;
to 1. of legs, W above forepart of
grazing horse 1. ESM 542.
SELEUCUS II
dotted border.

holding three arrows (1144) or
one arrow (1145) and bow; to
1. of legs, forepart of grazing
horse 1.; dotted border.
Staters.
1144. A! I 8.58. Rev. to 1. of head, ;
beneath hand, W. Houghton
Tarik Darreh, p. 35, 17 (this
coin).
1145. N \ 8.48. Rev. to 1. of head, ;
beneath hand, A. Houghton,
Tarik Darreh, p. 35,18 (this coin).
arrow and bow.
Stater.
1146. A <- 8.44. Rev. to 1. of head, A ; to 1.
of legs, OS ; to lower 1., forepart of
grazing horse 1. Houghton, Tarik
rinthian helmet r.; dotted
border.
Drachms.
1147. JR f 4.02. Rev. to 1., A.
1148. JR \ 3.58. Rev.tol., 3U ; to r., . See
WSM, p. 29,547B, a drachm with
the same r. field monogram.
Obv. As 1144.
Apollo standing 1. resting 1. el-
bow on tripod; dotted border.
1149. JE ] 5.16. Rev. to 1. of head, ;
beneath arm, ^ above horse's
head 1.; to r., W. ESM 548.
phant surmounted by mahout
walking r.; dotted border.
1150. JE <- 4.73. Rev. to L, Pi. ESM 551.
Obv. Head of Athena wearing crest-
ed Attic helmet r.; dotted bor-
der.
112
r., club over r. shoulder; dot-
ted border.
1154. JE \ 5.34. Rev. beneath arm, fcl above
Hi . ESM 566.
1155. JE f 2.55. As 1154. ESM 567.
Obv. As 1147.
Rev. BAZIAEYZ ZEAEYKOY Nike
standing L, holding palm
branch and resting 1. elbow on
tripod.
1156. JE / 6.27. Rev. to 1., I; to r., PP.
ESM 568.
1157. JE \ 2.31. As 1156. ESM 569.
Obv. As 1144.
Stater.
1158. A'f 8.53. Houghton, Tarik Darreh,
SELEUCUS III
t*T above horse's head 1.;

to r., PJ.
Tetradrachm.
1159. JR / 16.84. J. Schulman 262, 14 May
1975, 1088. ESM 571 (this coin).
ANTIOCHUS III
r.; dotted border.
Tetradrachms.
1160. JR -* 17.10. Rev. to 1., $f above horse's
head 1.; to r., Wf . ESM 579.
1161. /R I 16.85. Rev. to above horse's
head 1. Obv. die of ESM 588|3.
and palm branch; in outer 1.
field, W; in inner 1. field, in-
verted anchor; r. field mono-
gram, if any, off flan.
1162. JE f 8.07. See ESM 585, a similar
bronze issue with the same L
field monogram.
Apollo standing r., holding
arrow and bow; to 1., PI; to r.,
to above inverted anchor;
dotted border.
1163. JE f 18.68. ESM 591.
1164. JE I 13.77. As 1163.
1165. JE \ 13.97. As 1163.
1166. JE \ 22.44. Rev. to 1., [ft above ele-
phant's head 1.; r. field mono-
gram off flan. ESM 594.
1167. JE \ 10.66. As 1166. ESM 596.
1168. JE f 7.63. As 1166. ESM 597.
1169. JE / 12.03. Rev. toi., |?| (?); tor., ft.
HLR, p. 113, 5 (this coin).
pod; monograms indistin-
guishable.
Media
113
Rev. BAZIA EQZ ANTIOXOY
Mounted horseman with lance
charging r.; to 1., J ; to r., $f.
1177. JE I 11.85. ESM 615.
1178. JE <- 3.85. ESM 617.
Rev. BAZIAEQZ ANTIOXOYHorse
grazing 1.; to 1., fit; to r., J .
1179. jE f 25.22. ESM 618.
/Jew. BAZIAEQZ ANTIOXOY Mare
standing 1., head reverted
toward suckling foal; to 1., ifr .
1180. JE \ 20.43. ESM 622.
1181. JE f 27.08. As 1180.
1182. JE \ 10.84. ESM 623.
Oiw. Type as 1160; dotted (1183,
1189-91) or fillet (1184) bor-
der.
phant walking r.
Tetradrachms.
1183. JR f 16.91. Rev. to 1., 3 I; to r., PH;
dotted border. K. Kress 129,
27 Apr. 1964, 323. Obv. and rev.
dies of ESM 626, but the r.
monogram has been added. Boeh-

ringer, Chronologie, p. 174, 32
(this coin).
1184. JR f 16.86. Rev. to 1., Ffl; to r., f*\
Hess-Leu 28, 6 May 1965, 272.
Dies of ESM 628. Boehringer,
Chronologie, p. 174, 33 (this coin).
Drachms.
1185. JR f 3.90. Rev. to r., Ffl. ESM 631.
1186. JR j 3.62. As 1185.
1187. JR \ 4.06. Rev. above, M"; below, .
Sotheby-Parke Bernet, 13 Jui.
1977, 32. WSM, p. 31, 631A.
1188. JR f 3.84. flep. to r., AT (?).
1189. f 17.05. Rev. to 1., inverted anchor;
beneath belly, V\. ESM 648.
1190. JE \ 16.51. As 1189.
1191. JE f 3.84. Rev. to 1., inverted anchor;
beneath belly, . SM 651.
Obv. Type as 1160.
Tetra drachm.
1192. JR / 16.88. Obv. dotted border. Rev.
in outer 1. field, R; in inner 1.
field, Xr . HLR, p. 112, 3 (this
coin).
Drachms.
1193. JR f 4.37. Rev. to 1., *r .
1194. / f 3.95. .Rep. in outer 1. field, I*1 or
VI ; in inner 1. field, fr . See Suse,
p. 330, B, 23, a drachm with
similar monograms assigned to
Antiochus IV. HLR, p. 114, 24
(this coin).
1195. JR I 4.18. Rev. to 1., ft ; to r., A.
1196. JR -* 4.17. Dies of 1195.
The attribution of 1193-96 is based on
their portrait, which like the tetradrachm
1192 shows the sharp features of An-
tiochus III.
Nos. 1195-96 carry in their r. field the
monogram 4^, possibly a variant of A I,
which appears on tetradrachm issues of
Antiochus III and Seleucus IV struck at
114
1202. A \ 4.09. Obv. die of 1201. Rev. in
outer 1. field, fX ; in inner 1. field,
A I. Suse, p. 327, B. 8.
1203. A / 4.03. As 1202.
1204. A <- 4.08. As 1202.
Obv. Bust of Dionysus 3/4 r.; dot-
ted border.
phant walking 1.; in exergue,
M ; r. field monogram, if any,
indistinguishable.
1205. JE \ 36.57. Suse, p. 328, C, 3. HLR,
p. 113, 11 (this coin).
1206. JE \ 3.39.
Obv. Busts of Dioscuri, facing; dot-
ted border.
walking 1., holding wreath
and palm branch; to 1.,
above M.
1207. JE / 6.05. Suse, p. 327, 2.
ANTIOCHUS IV
Le Rider's arrangement of the silver
issues of Antiochus IV at Ecbatana (Suse,
pp. 328-30) has been adjusted to take

into account the likely chronology of
monograms. Nos. 1208-10, for example,
have been placed at the beginning of the
series, on the assumption that they
followed shortly after issues of Seleucus
IV with the monogram Xr , which they
share. Drachm issues with the symbol
horse's head and monogram AK follow
the two tetradrachms which carry the
same symbol and the monograms A IK
ZAP, etc. Where a reasonable chronology
cannot be ascertained, the coins general-
ly follow Le Rider's sequence.
r.; dotted (1208-10, 1213-14,
1217-25) or fillet (1211-12)
border.
Drachms.
1208. A \ 4.09. Rev. in outer r. field, TT;
in inner 1. field, ft; in outer r.
field, cornucopiae. Suse, p. 330,
B, 24.
1209. JR \ 4.12. As 1208.
1210. A <- 4.03. Rev. in outer 1. field, 3* ; in
inner 1. field, ^ .
Type as 1208.
Tetradrachms.
1211. JR / 16.89. Rev. to 1., horse's head 1.;
in exergue, AI K ZAP. HLR,
p. 114, 21 (this coin).
1212. JR / 17.01. Obv. die of 1211. Rev.tol.,
horse's head 1.; to r., ZAP; in
exergue, AI K, with traces of the
letter K showing beneath the I.
HLR, p. 114, 20 (this coin).
Rev. Inscription and type as
1208.
Drachms.
1213. JR -* 4.19. Rev. to 1., horse's head 1.;
Media
115
Obv. Bust of Hermes wearing peta-
sus, 3/4 L, caduceus at r.
shoulder; dotted border.
arrow and bow; to 1., Z ;to r.,
M.
1226. JE -> 9.05. Suse, p. 331, C, 2.
Obv. Elephant, surmounted by ma-
hout, walking r.; to r., W;
dotted border.
walking r., holding wreath;
to r., A; exergue monogram
off flan.
1227. JE I 6.76. Suse, p. 331, C, 4.
ANTIOCHUS V
r.; dotted border.
TTATOPOZ Nude Apollo seated
and bow.
Drachms.
1228. JR f 4.03. Obv. to 1., .\ZA. Rev. to

1., AZK. Obv. die of F. Imhoof-
Blumer, Monnaies grecques, p. 431,
78 ( = HLR, pi. 5, B).
1229. JR f 4.23. Obv. to 1., IA.
See comment following HLR, p. 115,
45, for similar drachms, unattributed to
mint. The tentative attribution to
Ecbatana of 1228-29 is based on hoard
evidence and their stylistic affinity to
issues of Antiochus IV struck at this
mint. However, O. Merkholm suggests
that the adjusted dies of such coins may
indicate their issuance by another eastern
city.
TIMARCHUS
Obv. Diademed head of Timarchus
r.; fillet (1230) or dotted
(1233-34) 1236-38) border.
Rev. BAZIAEQZ METAAOY TIM-
APXOY Nude Apollo seated
and bow.
Drachm.
1230. JR \ 3.82. Obv. die of Suse, pi. 65,
7-8. Based on the condition of
its obverse die, this coin preceded
the drachm series of Timarchus.
recorded by Le Rider. Suse, p.
333, C.
walking 1. holding wreath and
palm branch.
1231. JE I 29.78. Suse, pi. 65, 13.
1232. JE I 36.16. As 1231.
1233. JE / 14.75. Obv. to 1., Suse, pi. 65,
14-15.
1234. JE / 17.94. As 1233.
1235. JE \ 17.95. HLR, p. 115, 55 (this
coin).
1236. JE / 9.44. Obv. monogram, if any, off
flan. See Suse, pi. 65, 16-18,
with obverse monogram I.
1237. JE f 8.94. As 1236.
116
r.; fillet (1235-41, 1243-48)
Rev. BAZIAEQZ AHMHTPIOY Ty-
che seated 1. on throne,
holding arrow and cornu-
copiae.
Drachms.
1239. JR <- 4.18. Obv. toi., TTA.
1240. JR <- 4.20. Obv. die of 1239.
1241. JR f 4.08. Obv. die of Suse, pi. 66, 5.
The stylistic similarity of 1239-40 to
drachms of Timarchus struck at Ecba-
tana (Suse, pi. 65, 8-9), and the reuse
on 1241 of an obverse die employed on a
drachm of Ecbatana with a seated
Apollo reverse, supports the attribution
of this group. The reverse type of a
Tyche with an arrow, very rare in Se-
leucid coinages, relates 1239-41 to the
following gold stater.
Rev. BAZIAEQZ AHMHTPIOY ZQ-
THPOZ Type as 1239; dot-
ted border.
Stater.

1242. A 8.32. Straus, p. 114, 66 (this
coin).
bow.
Stater.
1243. A f 8.24. Rev. in exergue, A. MuM
32, 20 Oct. 1966, 145. HLR, p.
116, 65 (this coin).
Drachm.
1244. JR f 3.98. Obv. to r., )K. Obv. die of
Suse, pi. 66, 10.
Rev. BAZIAEQZ AHMHTPIOY ZQ-
THPOZ Type as 1243. Dot-
ted border on 1246-47, 1251-
65.
Tetradrachms.
1245. JR f 16.71. Rev. to 1., horse's head 1.;
to r., palm branch. Hess-Leu 36;
17 Apr. 1968, 324. Obv. die of
Suse, pi. 65, 20-21; pi. 66, 1.
1246. JR \ 17.18. Obv. to 1., star above K.
Rev. to 1., horse's head 1. HLR,
p. 117, 66 (this coin).
1247. JR -> 17.60. Dies of 1246.
Drachms.
1248. JR \ 4.11. Obv. as 1246.
1249. JR -> 3.78. Suse, p. 335, C, 3.
1250. JR ] 3.88. Obv. die of 1249. Rev. toi.,
palm branch. Suse, p. 336, C, 13.
1251. JR <- 4.01. Suse, p. 335, C, 6.
1252. JR / 3.83. As 1251.
1253. JR I 3.93. As 1251.
1254. JR -> 3.96. As 1251.
1255. JR -* 4.05. Obv. die of 1254. Rev. to 1.,
palm branch. Suse, p. 336, C, 13.
1256. JR -* 4.16. Rev. to 1., helmet. Suse,
p. 336, C, 15.
1257. JR / 3.97. Rev. to r., A. Suse, p. 336,
C, 20.
1258. JR / 3.89. As 1257.
1259. JR -> 4.10. Rev. to 1., B.
Northeast
117
ALEXANDER I BALAS
r.; fillet (1270-73, 1275) or
dotted (? 1274) border.
bow.
Drachms.
1270. JR f 4.11. Rev. to 1., . Obv. die
of Suse, pi. 67, 22-24.
1271. JR / 4.11. Obv. die of 1270.
1272.
1273.
JR i
JR i
Rev.
4.11.
4.06. As 1272.
Inscription as 1270. Ele-
phant surmounted by mahout,
walking r.
1274. JE / 15.57. Suse, p. 338, C; pi. 67,
27-28.

Rev. Inscription as 1270. Bee;
dotted border.
1275. JE I 2.43. This coin appears to be
most closely related to the series
of bronze issues struck at Ecba-
tana under Alexander. Said to
come from Iran.
NORTHEAST: HECATOMPYLUS OR ARTACOANA
Provenance, style, form of inscription and technique of manufacture point to the probabil-
ity that the following series of coins was struck in the area of northeast Iran. The evidence
for an attribution to either Hecatompylus or Artacoana is inconclusive, however, although
NewelFs suggestion that their originating mint was in a provincial capital is reasonable.1
No coins which can be identified with this group are known to have been struck prior to the
reign of Antiochus I, or later than that of Seleucus II.
ANTIOCHUS II
I r.
Tetradrachms.
1276. JR \ 16.99. Rev. to 1., A9; to r.,
traces of monogram; in exergue,
A . Obv. die of ESM 727-28. See
WSM 729-32, silver series with
same monograms.
1277. JR f 16.91. Rev. to I., /B (AB ?)
above fl; in exergue, A . Obv.
die of ESM 731.
Drachm.
1278. JR / 4.26. Rev. 1. field monogram,
if any, off flan; to r., At (AB ?);
in exergue, A .
Newell, ESM, p. 258, has pointed out
that coins of the above type with the
monogram A , which was continued on
issues of Seleucus II, probably were
struck under Antiochus II. The fact
that ESM 727-28 share their obverse
die with 1276 suggests that they were
more likely issued by the latter king than
by Antiochus I.
SELEUCUS II
118
NORTHEAST: BACTRA
The mint of Bactra opened early in the third century, initially striking coinage during
the joint reign of Seleucus I and his son Antiochus, but carrying only Seleucus's name.1
During the sole reign of Antiochus I and that of Antiochus II, gold staters and two very
brief bronze issues (ESM 716 and 716A; see 1287, below) were added to the mint's produc-
tion. The Seleucid era in Bactra ended at some point after 256 B.C., when Diodotus rebelled
successfully and established an independent Greco-Bactrian kingdom.8
JOINT REIGN OF SELEUCUS I AND
ANTIOCHUS I
dotted border.
Rev. BAZIAEQZ ZEAEYKOYAthe-
na, holding spear and shield,
in chariot drawn by four
anchor; dotted border.
Tetradrachm.
1280. JR I 16.51. Obv. to 1., A. Obv. die
of ESM 657cc-p.
Rev. BAZIAEQZ ZE AEYKOY AN-
TIOXOY Athena, holding
spear and shield, in chariot
drawn by four horned ele-
phants r.
Tetradrachms.

1281. JR I 10.36 (fragment). Obv. monogram,
if any, not visible. Rev. above, @.
ESM 665?
1282. M I 14.05. Obv. below, E. Rev. as
1281. Obv. die of ESM 672a-p.
Drachm.
1283. A | 3.01. Rev. above, @. ESM 675.
1 Newell, ESM, p. 230, suggests that the mint opened no earlier than 289 B.C., based upon the
stylistic correspondence of Bactra's first elephant quadriga tetradrachms with similar issues of Se-
leucia on the Tigris {ESM 69 and 71), struck c. 290-289 B.C. N. Waggoner's judgement that the
elephant quadriga coinage inaugurated the output of the mint at Seleucia c. 305 ("The Early Alexan-
der Coinage at Seleucia on the Tigris," ANSMN 15 (1969), p. 30, would entail an earlier opening date
for Bactra, but this author's study of the early coinage of Seleucus I at Susa (Persepolis, p. 9) tends to
support NewelFs chronology, which links the appearance of the elephant quadriga issues of Seleucia
and elephant biga coins of Susa to the Battle of Ipsus. R. Hadley, "Royal Propaganda of Seleucus I
and Lysimachus," JHS 94 (1974), p. 58, proposes a date after 285 B.C. for the commencement of mint
operations at Bactra. An opening date as early as c. 293 B.C., which has been suggested by M. Mitchi-
ner, Indo-Greek and Indo-Scythian Coinage, 1 (London, 1975), p. 10, is not supported by the numis-
matic evidence. P. Bernard and O. Guillaume, "Monnaies inedites de la Bactriane grecque a AI
Khanoum (Afghanistan)," RN 1980, pp. 17-19, have noted that a brick discovered in the excavations
of Ai Khanoum carries the distinctive monogram A, and have advanced with reservation the possi-
bility that coins of Seleucus I and Antiochus I with the same monogram may have been struck at AI
Khanoum and not at Bactra.
2 Newell, ESM, p. 249, suggests that Diodotus's claim to full independence from the Seleucid Em-
pire, and the appearance of his own name on coinage of Bactra, did not occur until after the death of
Antiochus II in 247 B.C. A. Bellinger, "The Coins from the Treasure of the Oxus," ANSMN 10 (1962),
pp. 61-63, supports Newell's chronology in rejecting J. Wolski's view that Diodotus did not assume
the title of king in Bactra until 239, during the reign of Seleucus II. As Bellinger has pointed out,
the absence of any known Bactrian coinage of the latter king is persuasive evidence supporting Newell's
earlier dating for Diodotus's seizure of authority.
Northeast
119
ANTIOCHUS I
r.; dotted border.
Rev. BAZIAEQZ ANTIOXOY Horn-
ed and bridled horse's head r.
Drachm.
1284. JR I 4.18. Rev. to r., @. Obv. die
and rev. monogram of ESM 690.
Hemidrachm.
1286. JR I 2.05. Rev. no visible monogram.
See ESM 691, a hemidrachm of
similar type with r. field mono-
gram @.
; other monogram, if any,
off flan.
Drachm.
1286. JR I 3.83. See ESM 698, a similar
drachm with the same monogram.
Obv. Head of Apollo r.
Rev. BAZIAEQZ ANTIOXOY Lyre;
to r., @.
1287. JE I 2.47. P. Bernard and O. Guil-

laume, "Monnaies ineditcs de la
Bactriane grecque a At Khanoum
(Afghanistan), RN 1980, p. 28,
type 3. See also G. Le Rider,
"Les Monnaies," Fouilles d'Al
Khanoum 1 (Memoires de la
Delegation arche"ologique francai-
se en Afghanistan 21, Paris, 1973),
p. 204, 13, a bronze issue of
similar type with the monogram
A. Said to come from Afghanistan.
Obv. As 1284.
Stater.
1288. A \ 8.36. Rev. to 1., above A.
Obv. die style as ESM 699.
Tetradrachm.
1289. JR I 16.73. Rev. to 1., @. ESM 705.
ANTIOCHUS II
II r.; dotted border.
1290.
1291.
1292.
1293.
1294.
1295.
1296.
Rev. BAZIAK2Z ANTIOXOY Nude
Stater.
N \ 8.39. Rev. to 1., A. Obv. die of
ESM 706; rev. die of ESM 704r),
attributed by Newell to Antiochus
I. Houghton, Tarik Darren, p. 36,
29 (this coin).
I r.
Stater.
A I 8.48. Rev. to 1. of Apollo's head,
star; above knees, A ; to 1. of
legs, lyre. ESM 707.
120
EASTERN REGION: UNCERTAIN MINTS
SELEUCUS I
Obv. Head of Dioscurus r.; dotted
border.
Rev. BAZIAEQZ ZEAEYKOY Fore-
part of horned horse r.; above,
anchor; to r., @ ; dotted bor-
der.
1300. JE *- 6.91. Obv. to 1., . ESM 749.
Said to be from Iran.
1301. JE \ 8.25. Obv. to 1., < .
Newell, WSM, p. 261, suggests an
attribution for coins of the above type to
Bactria or eastern Iran.
Obv. Horned and bridled horse's
head r.; dotted border.
verse Anchor; dotted border.
Drachms.
1302. M f 3.81. Auctiones 5, 2 Dec. 1975,
190. Jameson 1657 (this coin);
ESM 752 (this coin).
1303. A <- 4.32. Rev. to 1., bunch of grapes.
ESM 753.
Newell suggests a mint in eastern Iran

or western Afghanistan for issues of
the above type.
r.
eagle and scepter.
1304. A / 4.11. Rev. to 1., inverted anchor;
beneath throne, PB . Said to be
from Syria. The monogram has no
parallel among western issues of
Seleucus, and the cupped flan
suggests an eastern mint.
1305. JR \ 4.10. Rev. to 1., ; beneath
throne, fH. See C.-Y. Petitot-
Biehler, "Trdsor de monnaies
grecques et greco-bactriennes
trouve" a AI Khanoum (Afghanis-
tan)," RN 1975, p. 40, 52, a
tetradrachm with the same un-
usual placement of the inscription
and a similar 1. field monogram.
Petitot-Biehler cites G. Le
Rider's view that the AI Khanoum
tetradrachm may be from a
peripheral eastern mint, or part
of an exceptional issue. The
existence of two coins of different
denominations within the same
series vitiates the possibility
that they are imitations.
1306. i4t f 4.09. Rev. to 1., inverted anchor
above indistinguishable mono-
gram; beneath throne, A . NFA
7, 6 Dec. 1979, 254. Possibly
struck at Ecbatana.
ANTIOCHUS I
eagle and scepter.
Uncertain East
121
Obv. Horned horse's head r.
Rev. BAZIAEQZ ANTIOXOY In-
verted anchor; to 1., 3> ; to r.,
a.
1309. JR. <- 6.45. WSM 886. Said to be from
Lebanon. Newell suggests that
coins of this type may have been
struck in the Tigris-Euphrates
region.
ANTIOCHUS II
r.; dotted border.
holding arrow and bow; to r.,
@; in exergue, H , partly off
flan.
Tetradrachm.
1310. JR 17.02. Dies of Glendinning, 10
Oct. 1951, 310. A third example,
struck from the same dies and
showing the exergue monogram
clearly is in the ANS, I 16.75.
Both coins have hammered edges
and non-oriented dies. The

obverse style suggests that of
certain Bactrian staters, such as
1290, above.
SELEUCUS II
rinthian helmet r.
standing 1., holding wreath;
palm branch behind 1. shoul-
der; to 1., NA.
Stater.
1311. A \ 8.53. Houghton, Tarik Darreh,
ANTIOCHUS III
r.; dotted border.
Tetradrachms.
1312. JR \ 16.93. Rev. to 1., X . Obv. die
of WSM 1682y-E. Said to be from
the Ma'aret en-Numan hoard (CH
6, 37 "Syria"; CH 7, 97). Newell,
ESM, p. 372 has attributed this
coin with reservation to Susa as
part of Series II (ESM 392-404),
which Le Rider (Suse, p. 25, n. 7),
suggests should be assigned to
Nisibis. For another example,
struck from different dies, see
G. K. Jenkins, "A Hellenistic
Hoard from Mesopotamia,"
ANSMN 13 (1967), p. 54, 87.
1313. JR f 16.59. Rev. t0 1., 3> above E.
SELEUCUS IV
fillet border.
holding arrow and bow;
within the bow, in small let-
122
ANTIOCHUS IV
r.; fillet border.
Tetradrachms.
1316. A f 16.70. Rev. to!., prj> ; to r., \rS
( ?). Said to be from Iran.
1317. Al f 15.21. Rev. to 1., tripod. Strauss,
p. 115, 37 (this coin). Said to be
from Iran.
Morkholm has suggested an attribu-
tion to Antioch on the Persian Gulf for
the above two issues.
TIMARCHUS
Obv. Cornucopiae; laurel wreath
border.
Rev. BAZIAEQZ METAAOY TI-
MAPXOY Nike walking 1.,
holding wreath.
1318. JE f 7.59. Houghton, "Timarchus as
King in Babylonia," RN 1979,
p. 214, fig. D (this coin).
DEMETRIUS I

r.; fillet border.
Rev. BAZIAEQS AHMHTPIOY
bow.
Tetradrachms.
1319. A. -> 16.70. Rev. to 1., PP ; to r., hP.
1320. JR f 15.61. Rev. to 1., 4>; to retraces
of monogram. Strauss, p. 115, 78
(this coin).
Merkholm has suggested that 1319-
20 may have been struck at Antioch on
the Persian Gulf.
Obo1.
1321. JR f 0.56. Obv. to 1., if] . Said to be
from Iran.
r.; fillet border.
Rev. Illegible inscription. Inverse
anchor.
1322. JE f 5.34. Said to be from Iran.
ALEXANDER I BALAS
r.; fillet border.
9EOfTATOPOZ EYEPTETOY
ing Nike and scepter; in
exergue, H.
Tetradrachm.
1323. JR f 16.83. Auctiones 12, 29 Sept.
1981, 143. Modeled on Alexan-
der's regular issues of Antioch,
this coin's schematic, somewhat
mechanical style and the flat
surfaces of its flan suggests its
issuance at another mint, however,
perhaps in northern Syria or
Mesopotamia. Its obverse die
appears to have been cut by the
same hand as MFA 2173, which

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SYRIA SELEUCIS
Plate 3

Plate 4
SYRIA SELEUCIS

SYRIA SELEUCIS
PIate 5

Plate 6
SYRIA SELEUCIS

SYRIA SELEUCIS
Plate 7


SYRIA SELEUCIS
Plate 9

Plate 10
SYRIA SELEUCIS

SYRIA SELEUCIS
Plate 11

Plate 12
SYRIA SELEUCIS


Plate 14
SYRIA SELEUCIS

SYRIA SELEUCIS
PIate 15

Plate 16
SYRIA SELEUCIS
272
273
275
276
277
280
281
282
283
271
278
279
284
285
289
290
29 1
295

SYRIA SELEUCIS
Plate 17

Plate 18
SYRIA SELEUCIS

SYRIA SELEUCIS
Plate 19

Plate 20
SYRIA SELEUCIS

SYRIA SELEUCIS
Plate 21

Plate 22
SYRIA SELEUCIS

SYRIA SELEUCIS

Plate 24
SYRIA SELEUCIS

CILICIA
Plate 25

Plate 26
CILICIA


Plate 28
CILICIA


Plate 30
CILICIA

CILICIA
Plate 31

Plate 32
CILICIA


Plate 34
WEST ASIA MINOR

WEST ASIA MINOR
Plate 35

Plate 36
HELLESPONT
WEST ASIA MINOR


Plate 38
HELLESPONT

HELLESPONT
Plate 39

Plate 40
PHOENICIA

PHOENICIA
Plate 41
701 702 703 704 705

Plate 42
PHOENICIA

PHOENICIA
Plate 43

Plate 44
PHOENICIA


Plate 46
PALESTINE

PALESTINE
Plate 47

Plate 48
PALESTINE

PALESTINE COELE-SYRIA
Plate 49

Plate 50
COELE-SYRIA

867 868 869 870 871

Plate 52
MESOPOTAMIA
UNCERTAIN SOUTH

MESOPOTAMIA
Plate 53

Plate 54
MESOPOTAMIA BABYLONIA


Plate 56
BABYLONIA

BABYLONIA
Plate 57

Plate 58
BABYLONIA

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Plate 60
BABYLONIA

SUSIANA
Plate 61

Plate 62
SUSIANA

SUSIANA
Plate 63

Plate 64
SUSIANA

SUSIANA
Plate 65

SUSIANA BALUCHISTAN
1101 1105 1106 1107 1108

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Plate 68
MEDIA
1116 1147 1118 1119 1150 1151 1152

MEDIA
Plate 69

Plate 70
MEDIA

MEDIA
Plate 71

ZL W\d
vi ciaro

MEDIA
Plate 73

Plate 74
MEDIA

MEDIA NORTHEAST
Plate 75

Plate 76
UNCERTAIN EAST
NORTHEAST
1300 1301 1302 1303 1301 1305 1300

UNCERTAIN EAST
Plate 77

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COINS OF THE SELEUCID EMPIRE

FROM THE COLLECTION OF

ANCIENT COINS IN NORTH AMERICAN COLLECTIONS

THE AMERICAN NUMISMATIC SOCIETY

NEW YORK 1983

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ANCIENT COINS IN NORTH AMERICAN COLLECTIONS

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for two decades of patience and support

and to the memory of

whose interest in royal Greek portrait coins

and pointed the way

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS xii

CHRONOLOGICAL CHART OF SELECTED MINTS xv

NORTH CENTRAL REGION

Antioch Nos. 1-400

Seleucia Pieria 401-414

Laodicea ad Mare 444-447

Hierapolis (Bambyce) 448

Seleucia ad Calycadnum 530-538

Uncertain Mint 539-541

Uncertain Mints 542-591

West Asia Minor

Magnesia on the Maeander 612-620

Magnesia ad Sipylum 625-627

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Alexandria Troas 636-646

Uncertain Mints 663-681

SOUTH CENTRAL REGION

Uncertain Mints 872-886

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Seleucia on the Tigris 914-1020

Antioch on the Persian Gulf 1084-1102

Uncertain Mint 1103-1119

Hecatompylus or Artacoana 1276-1279

Uncertain Mints 1300-1323

Because of its focus on a single, narrowly-defined area of numismatics, this volume

the same district.

Seleucus I in Babylonia to its final months under Antiochus XIII at Antioch.

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been made in this catalogue.

show the existence of a similar issue or related type.

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this rich and complex period of history.

Kuthmann of Munich; Gunther Dembski of Vienna; Hans-Dieter and Sabine Schultz of

all of whom have provided photographs, casts or descriptive material relating to my

attribution of many of the coins listed here.

provenance and for informing me of numismatic material or scholarship related to the

coins of that area.

would have been immeasurably greater without Mr. Morkholm's advice.

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results to be a monument to her technique and eye. I am obliged as well to Frances M.

Schwartz for the expert mounting of the plates.

Finally, I wish to acknowledge my debt to two individuals, now deceased. Dikran

Saraffian was as much a student of antiquity as he was a dealer of ancient artifacts,

me toward Seleucid numismatics as an area which promised rich intellectual reward.

They were not wrong.

Cambridge, April 1982

Bellinger, End of the

Bellinger, Elaeusa Sebaste

E. Babelon, Catalogue des monnaies grecques de la Bibliolhique

Nationale. Les Rois de Syrie, d'Armenie el de Commagine