Seleucid Empire, King Seleucus I, AE Unit, Athena & Bull

Includes glass top leatherette display box.

• Origin: Seleucid Empire
• Authority: King Seleucus I
• Date: 300 - 295 BCE
• Denomination: AE (bronze) unit, name of denomination unknown
• Mint: Seleuceia Ad Tigrim
• Size: 18.5mm, 5.95g
• Type Number: Seleucid Coins (part 1) 126
• Obverse: Head of Athena right, in crested Attic helmet
• Reverse: ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ - Bull right, about to charge, head lowered, facing
• Notes: Athena is the Greek goddess of wisdom, war, and crafts, and the patron goddess of the city of Athens.
  
  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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