Seleucid Empire, King Alexander I Balas, AR Drachm, Apollo (Major Greek God)

Includes glass top leatherette display box.

• Origin: Seleucid Empire
• Authority: King Alexander I Balas
• Date: 149 - 147 BCE
• Denomination: AR (silver) drachm
• Mint: Antioch, Syria
• Size: 19.5mm, 3.78g
• Type Number: Seleucid Coins (part 2) 1785.5d
• Obverse: Diademed head of Alexander I right, usually with long sideburn or scanty beard along jawline
• Reverse: BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ AΛEΞANΔPOY ΘEOY EYEPΓETOY - Apollo seated left on omphalos, testing arrow and resting left hand on grounded bow
• Notes: 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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