Seleucid Empire, King Antiochos III, AE Unit, Apollo (Major Greek God)

Includes glass top leatherette display box.

• Origin: Seleucid Empire
• Authority: King Antiochos III
• Date: 222 - 187 BCE
• Denomination: AE (bronze) unit, name unknown
• Size: 13mm, 2.15g
• Obverse: Laureate head of Apollo right
• Reverse: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ - Elephant advancing left; monogram in exergue
• 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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