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Drachm - Seleukos I Nikator Seleucia on the Tigris
| Issuer | Seleucid Empire |
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| Year | 296 BC - 281 BC |
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| Value | Drachm (1) |
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| Reverse description | Athena Nikephoros, helmeted and draped, stands in a dynamic pose within a quadriga of four elephants advancing to the right, brandishing a spear overhead in her right hand and bearing a large round shield on her left arm. The Seleucid dynastic anchor symbol appears above the central field, with a pentalpha (pentagram) and the control letter Theta (Θ) positioned behind Athena and between the shield and the elephants respectively. The royal Greek legend BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ is inscribed in the field, identifying the issuing monarch Seleukos I Nikator. A beaded border surrounds the design. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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Seleukos I founded Seleucia on the Tigris around 305 BC as a deliberate replacement for Babylon, which he was systematically depopulating by transferring its inhabitants to the new city. The mint there became one of the most productive in his kingdom, supplying coinage for an empire stretching from Syria to Bactria. This drachm falls within the final decade of his reign, the period following his victory over Lysimachos at Korupedion in 281 BC — the battle that briefly made him master of nearly the entire Macedonian world before his assassination by Ptolemy Keraunos just months later.