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")
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Antiochus II
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Seleukos I
261-246 BC
Obverse:
head of young Herakles wearing lion's skin right
Reverse:
Zeus seated left, leaning on scepter, holding eagle; ΣEΛEYKOY // (TAYP) // (ΔYP) / BAΣIΛEΩΣ
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Seleukos I
290-281 BC
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
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Seleukos I
296-280 BC
AE
unit
Seleucia on Tigris
Obverse:
Horned and bridled head of horse right
Reverse:
Anchor, BAΣIΛEΩΣ // ΣEΛEYKOY, monogram
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Seleukos I
311-300 BC
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.
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Seleukos I
c. 285-280 BC
Obverse:
winged head of Medusa right, snakes in hair
Reverse:
bull butting right; BAΣIΛEΩΣ / ΣEΛEYKOY / Ξ