Seleucid Empire, King Antiochus IX, AE Unit, Artemis (Goddess of the Hunt)

Includes glass top leatherette display box.

• Origin: Seleucid Empire
• Authority: King Antiochus IX
• Date: 113 - 96 BCE
• Denomination: AE (bronze) unit, name of denomination unknown
• Mint: Uncertain
• Size: 19.5mm, 6.35g
• Type Number: Seleucid Coins (part 2) 2379
• Obverse: Laureate head of Apollo right, hair rolled, two long locks on neck
• Reverse: BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ANTIOXOY ΦIΛOΠATOPOΣ - Artemis huntress standing facing, wearing short tunic and boots, holding spear with right hand and bow in left
• 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. Artemis is the Greek goddess of the hunt, the wilderness, wild animals, transitions, nature, vegetation, childbirth, care of children, and chastity.
  
  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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