Seleucid Empire, Demetrius II Nicator, AE Unit

• Origin: Seleucid Empire
• Authority: Demetrius II Nicator
• Date: 145 - 143 BCE
• Denomination: AE (bronze) unit
• Mint: Seleuceia Pieria, Seleucis and Pieria
• Size: 15mm, 2.95g
• Type Number: Seleucid Coins (part 2) 1928a
• Obverse: Diademed head of Demetrius II right
• Reverse: BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔHMHTPIOY NIKATOPOΣ - Anchor, flukes upward
• Notes: The Seleucid Empire was established by Seleucus I Nicator, a general of Alexander the Great, following the division of Alexander’s empire in 312 BCE. Centered in the Near East, it was a major Hellenistic state that blended Greek cultural and administrative practices with those of the diverse peoples it governed, spreading Hellenistic culture across a vast region from Anatolia to Central Asia.

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