Seleukos I was one of the Diadochi - 'successors' to Alexander III 'the Great'.
Having previously served as an infantry general under Alexander the Great, he eventually assumed the title of basileus and established the Seleucid Empire over much of the territory in the Near East which Alexander had conquered.
Seleucus founded a number of new cities during his reign, including Antioch (300 BC) and in particular Seleucia on the Tigris (ca. 305 BC), the new capital of the Seleucid Empire, a foundation that eventually depopulated Babylon.
Having previously served as an infantry general under Alexander the Great, he eventually assumed the title of basileus and established the Seleucid Empire over much of the territory in the Near East which Alexander had conquered.
Seleucus founded a number of new cities during his reign, including Antioch (300 BC) and in particular Seleucia on the Tigris (ca. 305 BC), the new capital of the Seleucid Empire, a foundation that eventually depopulated Babylon.
Epithet: Nikator ("the Victor")
An
AR
Tetradrachm
struck 261-246 BC
in
Susa
Obverse: head of young Herakles wearing lion's skin right
Reverse: Zeus seated left, leaning on scepter, holding eagle; ΣEΛEYKOY // (TAYP) // (ΔYP) / BAΣIΛEΩΣ
Diameter:
25 mm
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 17 g
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 17 g
in the name of Seleukos I
SC 603.3c; HGC 9, 235
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Seleukos I
Obverse: Winged head of Medusa right, locks of snake-hair protruding from forehead
Reverse: BASILEWS / SELEYKOY, bull butting right, uncertain control monogram between hind legs
Diameter:
-
Die Orientation: -
Weight: -
Die Orientation: -
Weight: -
No notes for this coin
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Seleukos I
An
AE
unit
struck 296-280 BC
in
Seleucia on Tigris
Obverse: Horned and bridled head of horse right
Reverse: Anchor, BAΣIΛEΩΣ // ΣEΛEYKOY, monogram
Diameter:
16 mm
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 4.7 g
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 4.7 g
No notes for this coin
SC 146; ESM 46; SNG Spaer 135.
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Seleukos I
An
AR
Tetradrachm
struck 311-300 BC
in
Babylon
Obverse: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin
Reverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; monogram in wreath in left field, HP monogram below throne.
Diameter:
0 mm
Die Orientation: 0 H
Weight: 0 g
Die Orientation: 0 H
Weight: 0 g
Struck in the name of Alexander III of Macedon, circa 311-300 BC
SC 82.5a; Price 3746.
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Seleukos I
Obverse: winged head of Medusa right, snakes in hair
Reverse: bull butting right; BAΣIΛEΩΣ / ΣEΛEYKOY / Ξ
Diameter:
18.5 mm
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 6 g
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 6 g
No notes for this coin
Houghton-Lorber I 21(2), Newell WSM 925, SNG Spaer 23, SGCV II 6852, HGC 9 92a (R1)