Seleucid Empire, Philip I Epiphanes Philadelphus, AR Tetradrachm, Nike (Goddess of Victory)

Includes glass top leatherette display box.

• Origin: Seleucid Empire
• Authority: Philip I Epiphanes Philadelphus
• Date: 94 - 75 BCE
• Denomination: AR (silver) tetradrachm
• Mint: Cilicia
• Size: 25.5mm, 14.95g
• Type Number: Seleucid Coins (part 2) 2469
• Obverse: Diademed head of Philip I right
• Reverse: BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΦIΛIΠΠOV ΦIΛAΔEΛΦOV EΠIΦANOVΣ - Zeus seated on high-backed throne left, holding Nike on outstretched right hand and sceptre in left Monogram in the inner left field. Μ under the throne.
• Notes: Nike was the Greek goddess of Victory.
  
  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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