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THE SELEUCIE KINGS.
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Towards the end of his reign Antiochus assumed the title Soter in
consequence of a victory over the Gauls (Appian, Syr., 65). After this
he struck coins with his portrait as an old man' with sharply defined
features and deep-set eyes. Inscr., ZHTHPOZ ANTIOXOY, Apollo on
omphalos. At Tetradr. (B. M. Cat., Pl. III. 7).
Antiochus II (Theos), B. C. 261-246. Inscr., BAZIAED.Z ANTIOXOY.
Head of king, sometimes as Hermes,
with winged diadem.
Id. (B. M. Cat., Pl. V. 5, 6.)
Apollo naked, seated on omphalos.
(B. M. Cat., Pl. V. 2.) EL, Al Tetradr.
Herakles seated on rock . Al Tetradr.
All the tetradrachms bearing the type of Herakles seated are believed
by Dr. Imhoof (Mon. Gr., p. 426) to have been struck in Ionia and
Aeolis. It was in this king’s reign that Parthia under Arsaces, and
Bactria under Diodotus, revolted against the Seleucid rule. This Dio-
dotus, before his revolt, appears to have substituted his own portrait for
that of Antiochus on certain gold and silver coins which bear the usual
inscription BAZIAE41Z ANTIOXOY, rev. Zeus hurling fulmen ; a type
which he afterwards adopted for his independent Bactrian money (B. M.
Cat. Pl. V. 7).
Fig. 338.
Seleucus II (Kallinikos, Pogon), B. C. 246-226. Inscr., BAZIAEHZ
ZEAEYKOY. (a) Before his captivity in Parthia.
Youthful head of king.
Head of Pallas, in close helmet.
(/3) After his captivity.
Head of king, bearded.
(B.M. Cat., Pl. VI. 14.)
Id. (Hid., Fig. 15.)
Apollo naked, standing beside tripod.
(Fig- 338-) Al Al
Id. (B. M. Cat., Pl. VI. 6.) . . Al A
Apollo naked, standing beside tripod Al
Bow in case.A
For other varieties see B. M. Cat., Seleucidae. Polybius (ii. 71) says
that this Seleucus was surnamed Pogon from his custom of wearing a
beard, which, like Demetrius, the only other bearded king of Syria, he
probably adopted during his sojourn in Parthia.
Antiochus (Hierax), b. c. 246-227, revolted from his brother Seleucus II
and declared himself king of the province of Asia Minor. It is possible
639
Towards the end of his reign Antiochus assumed the title Soter in
consequence of a victory over the Gauls (Appian, Syr., 65). After this
he struck coins with his portrait as an old man' with sharply defined
features and deep-set eyes. Inscr., ZHTHPOZ ANTIOXOY, Apollo on
omphalos. At Tetradr. (B. M. Cat., Pl. III. 7).
Antiochus II (Theos), B. C. 261-246. Inscr., BAZIAED.Z ANTIOXOY.
Head of king, sometimes as Hermes,
with winged diadem.
Id. (B. M. Cat., Pl. V. 5, 6.)
Apollo naked, seated on omphalos.
(B. M. Cat., Pl. V. 2.) EL, Al Tetradr.
Herakles seated on rock . Al Tetradr.
All the tetradrachms bearing the type of Herakles seated are believed
by Dr. Imhoof (Mon. Gr., p. 426) to have been struck in Ionia and
Aeolis. It was in this king’s reign that Parthia under Arsaces, and
Bactria under Diodotus, revolted against the Seleucid rule. This Dio-
dotus, before his revolt, appears to have substituted his own portrait for
that of Antiochus on certain gold and silver coins which bear the usual
inscription BAZIAE41Z ANTIOXOY, rev. Zeus hurling fulmen ; a type
which he afterwards adopted for his independent Bactrian money (B. M.
Cat. Pl. V. 7).
Fig. 338.
Seleucus II (Kallinikos, Pogon), B. C. 246-226. Inscr., BAZIAEHZ
ZEAEYKOY. (a) Before his captivity in Parthia.
Youthful head of king.
Head of Pallas, in close helmet.
(/3) After his captivity.
Head of king, bearded.
(B.M. Cat., Pl. VI. 14.)
Id. (Hid., Fig. 15.)
Apollo naked, standing beside tripod.
(Fig- 338-) Al Al
Id. (B. M. Cat., Pl. VI. 6.) . . Al A
Apollo naked, standing beside tripod Al
Bow in case.A
For other varieties see B. M. Cat., Seleucidae. Polybius (ii. 71) says
that this Seleucus was surnamed Pogon from his custom of wearing a
beard, which, like Demetrius, the only other bearded king of Syria, he
probably adopted during his sojourn in Parthia.
Antiochus (Hierax), b. c. 246-227, revolted from his brother Seleucus II
and declared himself king of the province of Asia Minor. It is possible