Seleucid Empire, Seleucus II Callinicus, AE Unit, Athena & Apollo

• Origin: Seleucid Empire
• Authority: Seleucus II Callinicus
• Date: 246 - 242 BCE
• Denomination: AE (bronze) unit
• Mint: Sardis, Lydia
• Size: 16mm, 4.7g
• Obverse: Head of Athena right in crested Corinthian helmet
• Reverse: BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ - Apollo standing left, testing arrow and resting left hand on grounded bow ΦΙΛΑ in the outer left field.
• Notes: Athena is the Greek goddess of wisdom, war, and crafts, and the patron goddess of the city of Athens. Apollo is a major Greek god that has been recognized as a god of archery, music and dance, truth and prophecy, healing and diseases, the Sun and light, poetry, and more.
  
  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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