Antiochus III was a Hellenistic Greek king and the 6th ruler of the Seleucid Empire.
Rising to the throne at the age of eighteen in 222 BC, his early campaigns against the Ptolemaic Kingdom were unsuccessful, but in the following years Antiochus gained several military victories and substantially expanded the empire's territory. His traditional designation, the Great, reflects an epithet he assumed.
Antiochus restored much of the territory of the Seleucid Empire, before suffering a serious setback, towards the end of his reign, in his war against Rome.
Declaring himself the "champion of Greek freedom against Roman domination", Antiochus III waged a four-year war against the Roman Republic in mainland Greece in autumn of 192 BC before being decisively defeated at the Battle of Magnesia. He died three years later on campaign in the east.
Rising to the throne at the age of eighteen in 222 BC, his early campaigns against the Ptolemaic Kingdom were unsuccessful, but in the following years Antiochus gained several military victories and substantially expanded the empire's territory. His traditional designation, the Great, reflects an epithet he assumed.
Antiochus restored much of the territory of the Seleucid Empire, before suffering a serious setback, towards the end of his reign, in his war against Rome.
Declaring himself the "champion of Greek freedom against Roman domination", Antiochus III waged a four-year war against the Roman Republic in mainland Greece in autumn of 192 BC before being decisively defeated at the Battle of Magnesia. He died three years later on campaign in the east.
Epithet: Μέγας ("the Great")
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Antiochus III
Obverse: Laureate head of Apollo right
Reverse: Elephant left; anchor up side down to the left BAΣIΛEΩΣ // ANTIOXOY
Diameter:
10.5 mm
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 1.7 g
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 1.7 g
http://numismatics.org/sco/id/sc.1.979
SC I 979, cf. SNG Spaer 615 ff., Newell WSM 1114
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Antiochus III
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Obverse: helmeted head of Athena right
Reverse: Nike advancing left, holding wreath; anchor left; BAΣIΛEΩΣ // ANTIOXOY, ΔI
Diameter:
18.5 mm
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 9.25 g
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 9.25 g
uncertain mint in southern Coele Syria
http://numismatics.org/sco/id/sc.1.1095
SC I 1095; Antiochos III, HGC 9, 492.?
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Antiochus III
An
AR
Tetradrachm
struck 222–187 BC
in
Antioch ad Orontem
Obverse: Diademed head right
Reverse: Apollo Delphios, testing arrow in right hand, resting left hand on grounded bow, seated left on omphalos; monograms to outer left
Diameter:
-
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 16.51 g
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 16.51 g
No notes for this coin
SC 1042.1; Le Rider, Antioche, Series 1
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Antiochus III
An
AR
Tetradrachm
struck 202-187 BC
in
"ΔI Mint" in southern or eastern Syria
Obverse: Diademed head right
Reverse: Apollo seated left on omphalos, testing arrow and resting hand upon shield; ΔI in exergue.
Diameter:
27 mm
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 16.88 g
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 16.88 g
No notes for this coin
SC 1112; HGC 9, 447y