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Royal inscriptions List of epithets References
This page covers royal names and epithets on Seleukid coins. Garbled inscriptions, municipal inscriptions, magistrate names, control marks and monograms are not included. Letter forms are not differentiated.
The abbreviations SC I and SC II denote Seleucid Coins, A Comprehensive Catalogue, Parts I and II by Arthur Houghton, Catharine Lorber and Oliver Hoover. The listed references mostly represent just selected examples and not an exhaustive list of all known issues bearing these inscriptions.
Royal inscriptions
| Achaios |
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ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΧΑΙΟΥ |
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Reference: |
SC I, 952 |
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Note: |
The abbreviated form ΒΑΣΙ ΑΧΑΙ was used on the smallest denomination of Achaios’s bronze coins (SC I, 959). |
| Alexander I |
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ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ |
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Reference: |
SC II, 1786 |
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Note: |
The following abbreviated forms are known from some bronze coins: ΒΑ ΑΛ (SC II, 1834); ΒΑΣΙ ΑΛΕΞ (SC II, 1849); ΒΑΣΙΛ ΑΛΕΞΑ (SC II, 1849); ΒΑΣΙΛΕ ΑΛΕ (SC II, 1852); ΒΑΣΙΛΕ ΑΛΕΞ (SC II, 1855); ΒΑΣΙΛΕ ΑΛΕΞΑ (SC II, 1851); ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝ (SC II, 1847). |
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ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ ΘΕΟΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ |
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Reference: |
SC II, 1776 |
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ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ ΘΕΟΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ ΚΑΙ ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ |
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Reference: |
SC II, 1811 |
| Alexander I – coinage in the name of Kleopatra Thea |
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ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΗΣ ΚΛΕΟΠΑΤΡΑΣ |
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Reference: |
SC II, 1840 |
| Alexander II |
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ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ |
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Reference: |
SC II, 2210 |
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ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟΥ |
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Reference: |
SC II, 2239; Petr Vesely’s collection, AX2-AE-03 |
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ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ ΘΕΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟΥ |
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Reference: |
SC II, 2215 |
| Antiochos I |
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ΑΝΤΙ |
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Reference: |
SC I, 354 |
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Note: |
The abbreviated form of ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ which was used on a single type of small bronze coins. |
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ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ |
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Reference: |
SC I, 397 |
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ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ |
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Reference: |
SC I, 310 |
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Note: |
The following abbreviated forms are known from some bronze coins: Β Α (SC I, 350), ΒΑ ΑΝ (SC I, 326), ΒΑΣΙ ΑΝΤΙ (SC I, 337), ΒΑΣΙΛΕ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ (SC I, 363), ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟ (SC I, 365). |
| Antiochos I – coinage in the name of Seleukos I |
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ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ |
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Reference: |
SC I, 469 |
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ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ |
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Reference: |
SC I, 357 |
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Note: |
ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ on r., ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ in exergue |
Antiochos I – coinage minted by Philetairos of Pergamon
This coinage was minted during the reign of Antiochos I while Pergamon was still a loyal part of the Seleukid empire. |
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ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ |
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Reference: |
SC I, 307 |
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ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ |
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Reference: |
SC I, 306 |
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ΦΙΛΕΤΑΙΡΟΥ |
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Reference: |
SC I, 309 |
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Note: |
Although these coins were issued in the name of Philetairos, they bear a posthumous portrait of Seleukos I on the obverse. |
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ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ |
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Reference: |
SC I, 308 |
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Note: |
ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ on r., ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ in exergue |
Antiochos I – the posthumous “Soter” coinage
This coinage was minted during the interregnum after the death of Antiochos II (246 BC – c. 244 BC). The coins bear a posthumous portrait of Antiochos I. The issuing authority is unknown. |
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ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ |
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Reference: |
SC I, 640 |
| Antiochos II |
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ΑΝΤΙΟΧ |
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Reference: |
SC I, 489 |
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Note: |
The abbreviated form of ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ which was used on a single type of small bronze coins. |
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ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ |
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Reference: |
SC I, 556 |
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ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ |
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Reference: |
SC I, 481 |
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Note: |
The abbreviated form ΒΑΣΙ ΑΝΤΙ is known from some bronze coins (SC I, 529). |
| Antiochos II – coinage in the name of Alexander the Great |
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ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ |
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Reference: |
SC I, 548 |
| Antiochos II – coinage in the name of Seleukos I |
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ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ |
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Reference: |
SC II, Ad129 |
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ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ |
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Reference: |
SC I, 601 |
| Antiochos III |
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ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ |
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Reference: |
SC I, 1014 |
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ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ |
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Reference: |
SC I, 960 |
| Antiochos IV |
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ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ |
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Reference: |
SC II, 1373 |
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Note: |
The royal title and name is abbreviated as Β Α or ΒΑ ΑΝ on some quasi-municipal bronze coins (SC I, 1495 and 1457, respectively). |
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ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΘΕΟΥ |
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Reference: |
SC II, 1539 |
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ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΘΕΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ |
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Reference: |
SC II, 1396 |
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ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΘΕΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟΥ |
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Reference: |
SC II, 1401 |
Antiochos IV – posthumous coinage
Posthumous series of Antiochos IV were minted in 151/0 BC at Apamea and in 146/5 BC at Antioch on the Orontes. |
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ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ |
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Reference: |
SC II, 1883 |
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ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ |
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Reference: |
SC II, 1885 |
| Antiochos V |
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ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ |
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Reference: |
SC II, 1581 |
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ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΕΥΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ |
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Reference: |
SC II, 1572 |
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Note: |
The abbreviated form ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΕΥΠΑΤ appears on a single type of silver drachms (SC I, 1586). |
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ΕΥΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ |
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Reference: |
SC II, 1578 |
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Note: |
ΕΥΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ on obverse and ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ on reverse (quasi-municipal coinage of Byblos) |
| Antiochos VI |
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ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ |
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Reference: |
SC II, 2013 |
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ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΔΙΟΝΥΣΟΥ |
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Reference: |
SC II, 1996 |
| Antiochos VII |
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ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ |
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Reference: |
SC II, 2069 |
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ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ |
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Reference: |
SC II, 2049 |
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ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ |
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Reference: |
SC II, 2134 |
| Antiochos VIII |
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ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ |
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Reference: |
SC II, 2284 |
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Note: |
The royal title and name is abbreviated as ΒΑΣΙ ΑΝΤΙ or ΒΑΣΙ ΑΝΤΙΟ on some quasi-municipal bronze coins (SC II, 2327 and 2328, respectively). |
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ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ |
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Reference: |
SC II, 2278 |
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ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΦΙΛΟΜΗΤΟΡΟΣ |
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Reference: |
SC II, 2308 |
| Antiochos IX |
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ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ |
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Reference: |
SC II, 2386 |
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ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΦΙΛΟΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ |
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Reference: |
SC II, 2345 |
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Note: |
The abbreviated forms ΒΑΣΙΛΕ ΑΝ ΦΙ and ΒΑΣΙΛΕ ΑΝΤΙ ΦΙΛΟ appear on silver obols and hemidrachms of Samaria (SC II, 2394 and 2393, respectively) and the abbreviated form ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΦΙΛΟΠΑΤ on a single type of small bronze coins (SC II, 2365). |
| Antiochos X |
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ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΕΥΣΕΒΟΥΣ ΦΙΛΟΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ |
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Reference: |
SC II, 2428 |
| Antiochos XI |
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ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΟΥ |
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Reference: |
SC II, 2440 |
| Antiochos XI and Philip I |
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ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ |
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Reference: |
SC II, 2435 |
| Antiochos XII |
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ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΔΙΟΝΥΣΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΦΙΛΟΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ ΚΑΛΛΙΝΙΚΟΥ |
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Reference: |
SC II, 2472A |
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ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΦΙΛΟΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ ΚΑΛΛΙΝΙΚΟΥ |
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Reference: |
SC II, 2471 |
| Antiochos XIII |
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ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΟΥ |
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Reference: |
SC II, 2487 |
| Antiochos Hierax |
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ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ |
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Reference: |
SC I, 835 |
| Antiochos Hierax – coinage in the name of Alexander the Great |
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ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ |
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Reference: |
SC I, 839 |
| Antiochos, Son of Seleukos IV |
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ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ |
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Reference: |
SC II, 1365 |
| A Young Antiochos Epiphanes |
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ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ |
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Reference: |
SC II, 2208 |
| Demetrios I |
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ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ |
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Reference: |
SC II, 1610 |
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Note: |
The abbreviated form ΒΑ ΔΗ was used on some quasi-municipal bronze issues of Sidon (SC II, 1669) |
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ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ |
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Reference: |
SC II, 1623 |
| Demetrios II, 1st Reign |
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ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ |
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Reference: |
SC II, 1909 |
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ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΘΕΟΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΟΥ |
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Reference: |
SC II, 1995B |
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ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΘΕΟΥ ΝΙΚΑΤΟΡΟΣ |
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Reference: |
SC II, 1890 |
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ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΘΕΟΥ ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΟΥ ΝΙΚΑΤΟΡΟΣ |
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Reference: |
SC II, 1888 |
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ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΝΙΚΑΤΟΡΟΣ |
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Reference: |
SC II, 1928 |
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ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΟΥ ΝΙΚΑΤΟΡΟΣ |
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Reference: |
SC II, 1889 |
| Demetrios II, 2nd Reign |
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ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ |
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Reference: |
SC II, 2188 |
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ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΘΕΟΥ ΝΙΚΑΤΟΡΟΣ |
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Reference: |
SC II, 2153 |
| Demetrios III |
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ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΘΕΟΥ ΦΙΛΟΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ |
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Reference: |
SC II, 2445 |
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ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΦΙΛΟΜΗΤΟΡΟΣ ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ |
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Reference: |
SC II, 2444 |
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ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΦΙΛΟΜΗΤΟΡΟΣ ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ ΚΑΛΛΙΝΙΚΟΥ |
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Reference: |
SC II, 2447 |
| Kleopatra Selene and Antiochos XIII |
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ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΗΣ ΚΛΕΟΠΑΤΡΑΣ ΣΕΛΗΝΗΣ ΚΑΙ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ |
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Reference: |
SC II, 2485 |
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ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΗΣ ΚΛΕΟΠΑΤΡΑΣ ΣΕΛΗΝΗΣ ΚΑΙ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΦΙΛΟΜΗΤΟΡΟΣ |
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Reference: |
SC II, 2484 |
| Kleopatra Thea |
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ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΗΣ ΚΛΕΟΠΑΤΡΑΣ ΘΕΑΣ ΕΥΕΤΗΡΙΑΣ |
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Reference: |
SC II, 2258 |
| Kleopatra Thea and Antiochos VIII |
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ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΗΣ ΚΛΕΟΠΑΤΡΑΣ ΘΕΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ |
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Reference: |
SC II, 2259 |
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ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΗΣ ΚΛΕΟΠΑΤΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ |
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Reference: |
SC II, 2260 |
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ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΗΣ ΚΛΕΟΠΑΤΡΑΣ, ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ |
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Reference: |
SC II, 2269 |
| Molon |
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ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΟΛΩΝΟΣ |
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Reference: |
SC I, 949 |
| Philip I |
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ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΟΥ |
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Reference: |
SC II, 2459 |
Philip I – posthumous coinage
Posthumous coinage in the name of Philip I started sometime in the period c. 69 BC – 57 BC. The early series were minted either by Philip II or by the civic authorities of Antioch on the Orontes or by the Roman administration before the proconsulship of Aulus Gabinius. Later series were minted since 57 BC to 14/3 BC by the Roman administration at Antioch. |
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ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΟΥ |
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Reference: |
SC II, 2488 |
| Seleukos I |
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ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ |
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Reference: |
SC I, 180 |
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Note: |
The royal title without Seleukos’s name appears on a single type of silver hemidrachms. |
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ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ |
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Reference: |
SC I, 1 |
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Note: |
The abbreviated form ΒΑ ΣΕ appears on a single type of silver hemiobols (SC I, 14) and the abbreviated form ΒΑΣΙ ΣΕΛΕΥ on a single type of small bronze coins (SC I, 26). |
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ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ |
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Reference: |
SC I, 32 |
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Note: |
The abbreviated forms ΣΕ and ΣΕΛΕΥΚ are known from two types of silver obols (SC I, 38 and 48, respectively), the abbreviated form ΣΕΛΕ appears on a single type of small bronze coins (SC I, 34). |
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ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ |
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Reference: |
SC I, 9 |
| Seleukos I – coinage in the name of Alexander the Great |
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ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ |
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Reference: |
SC I, 27 |
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ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ |
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Reference: |
SC I, 62 |
| Seleukos I – coinage in the name of Philip Arrhidaeus |
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ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ |
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Reference: |
SC I, Ad41 |
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Note: |
Coinage of the first satrapy of Seleukos I in Babylonia. |
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ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ |
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Reference: |
SC I, 68 |
| Seleukos I – coregency with Antiochos I |
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ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ |
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Reference: |
SC I, 63 |
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Note: |
These coins may belong to the early sole reign of Antiochos I. |
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ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ |
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Reference: |
SC I, 235 |
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ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ |
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Reference: |
SC I, 233 |
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ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ |
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Reference: |
SC I, 285 |
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ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ |
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Reference: |
SC I, 280 |
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ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ |
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Reference: |
SC I, 54 |
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Note: |
These coins may belong to the early sole reign of Antiochos I. |
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ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ |
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Reference: |
SC I, 279 |
| Seleukos II |
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ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ |
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Reference: |
SC I, 643 |
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Note: |
The abbreviated forms ΒΑΣΙ ΣΕΛΕ and ΒΑΣΙΛ ΣΕΛΕΥ are known from two types of small bronze coins (SC I, 758 and 755, respectively). The abbreviated legend ΒΑΣΙΛΕ ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ stated in SC I, 813, is an erratum; the legend probably reads ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩ ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ or even ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ. |
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ΣΕΛΕΥ |
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Reference: |
SC I, Ad31 |
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Note: |
The abbreviated form of ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ is known from a single type of small bronze coins. |
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ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ |
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Reference: |
SC I, 787 |
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Note: |
ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ on r., ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ in exergue |
| Seleukos II – coinage in the name of Alexander the Great |
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ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ |
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Reference: |
SC II, C930 |
| Seleukos III |
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ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ |
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Reference: |
SC I, 915 |
| Seleukos III – coinage in the name of Alexander the Great |
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ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ |
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Reference: |
SC I, 926 |
Seleukos IV
There is a unique bronze coin purportedly of Seleukos IV (SNG Fitzwilliam, 5604) whose legend includes the epithet Philopator, which does not appear on other Seleukos IV’s coins. However, this coin is most likely a modern confection, see SC II, p. 34. |
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ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΣ |
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Reference: |
SC II, 1318.1a |
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ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ |
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Reference: |
SC II, 1296 |
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ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ |
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Reference: |
SC II, 1338 |
| Seleukos VI |
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ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ ΝΙΚΑΤΟΡΟΣ |
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Reference: |
SC II, 2416 |
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ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΝΙΚΑΤΟΡΟΣ |
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Reference: |
SC II, 2403 |
| Timarchos |
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ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΤΙΜΑΡΧΟΥ |
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Reference: |
SC II, 1588 |
| Tryphon |
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ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΤΡΥΦΩΝΟΣ |
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Reference: |
SC II, 2044 |
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ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΤΡΥΦΩΝΟΣ ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΟΡΟΣ |
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Reference: |
SC II, 2029 |
List of epithets
Autokrator
“Self-Empowered” |
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Tryphon |
Dionysos Epiphanes Philopator Kallinikos
“Dionysos Manifest, Father-Loving, Nobly Victorious” |
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Antiochos XII |
Epiphanes Nikephoros
“[God] Manifest, Bearer of Victory” (the abbreviated form of Theos Epiphanes Nikephoros) or “Illustrious, Bearer of Victory” |
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Alexander II |
Epiphanes Philopator Kallinikos
“Illustrious, Father-Loving, Nobly Victorious” |
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Antiochos XII |
Eusebes Philopator
“Pious, Father-Loving” |
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Antiochos X |
Philometor Euergetes Kallinikos
“Mother-Loving Benefactor, Nobly Victorious” |
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Demetrios III |
Theopator Euergetes
“Divinely Fathered Benefactor” |
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Alexander I |
Theos Philopator Soter
“Brother-Loving God and Saviour” |
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Demetrios III |
References:
- Houghton, Arthur; Lorber, Catharine:Seleucid Coins, A Comprehensive Catalogue. Part I, Volumes 1 and 2. The American Numismatic Society, New York, in association with Classical Numismatic Group, Inc., Lancaster/London, 2002. (abbr. SC I)
- Houghton, Arthur; Lorber, Catharine; Hoover, Oliver:Seleucid Coins, A Comprehensive Catalogue. Part II, Volumes 1 and 2. The American Numismatic Society, New York, in association with Classical Numismatic Group, Inc., Lancaster/London, 2008. (abbr. SC II)