| Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 118 | Auction date: 8 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 800 Price realized: 60 GBP (Approx. 76 USD / 70 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: Seleukid Empire, Antiochos I Soter Æ 16mm. Interregnum issue. ΔEΛ-monogram mint, associated with Antioch on the Orontes, circa 246-244 BC. Diademed head to right / Anchor, caps of the Dioskouroi flanking within; monogram of ΔΕΛ to inner right; ANTIOXOY to right, [ΣΩ]THP[OΣ] to left. SC 642; WSM 1145; HGC 9, 296 (R3); Sunrise -. 3.60g, 16mm, 12h. Near Very Fine. Extremely Rare. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 99, 7 July 2022, lot 521. "The death of Antiochos II plunged the Seleukid Empire into chaos as the succession was contested by both Seleukos II, his eldest son by Laodike I, and the pro-Ptolemaic partisans of Antiochos, his minor son by Berenike. Ptolemy III acted quickly to press the claims of Antiochos, but the boy and his mother were murdered in Antioch on the Orontes. Taking advantage of the political turmoil and desirous of revenge, Ptolemy sacked Antioch, captured Seleukeia in Pieria, and occupied parts of Kilikia, Pamphylia, and western Asia Minor. He even campaigned as far east as Babylonia. An Egyptian revolt in 245 BC diverted Ptolemy's attention, thereby allowing Seleukos II to gain control of the situation and claim the kingship in Syria. The opening phase of this conflict - known variously as the Third Syrian War, or the Laodikean War (246-241 BC) - when the throne was still in doubt was the probable occasion for the production of the so-called "Soter" coinage" (HGC 9, p.56). Estimate: 50 GBP |  |
