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: 150 - 147 BCE
• Denomination: AR (silver) drachm
• Mint: Ecbatana
• Type Number: Seleucid Coins (part 2) 1871b
• Obverse: Diademed head of Alexander I right
• Reverse: BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ AΛEΞANΔPOY ΘEOΠATOPOΣ EYEPΓETOY - Apollo seated left on omphalos, testing arrow and resting left hand on grounded bow
• 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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