Seleucid Empire, King Alexander II Zabinas, AE Unit, Tyche (Goddess of Luck)

Includes glass top leatherette display box.

• Origin: Seleucid Empire
• Authority: King Alexander II Zabinas
• Date: 128 - 122 BCE
• Denomination: AE (bronze) unit, name unknown
• Mint: Apameia, Syria
• Type Number: Seleucid Coins (part 2) 2242
• Obverse: Head of young Dionysus right, wreathed with ivy
• Reverse: BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ AΛEXANΔPOY - Winged Tyche standing left, calathus on head, holding ship's tiller and cornucopiae
• 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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