The Early Seleukids, Their Gods and their coins

by: Erickson, K.

Description

Before Alexander, the Near East was ruled by dynasts who could draw on the significant resources and power base of their homeland, but this was not the case for the Seleukids who never controlled their original homeland of Macedon. The Early Seleukids, their Gods and their Coins argues that rather than projecting an imperialistic Greek image of rule, the Seleukid kings deliberately produced images that represented their personal power, and that were comprehensible to the majority of their subjects within their own cultural traditions. These images relied heavily on the syncretism between Greek and local gods, in particular their ancestor Apollo.

The Early Seleukids, their Gods and their Coins examines how the Seleukids, from Seleukos I to Antiochos IV, used coinage to propagandise their governing ideology. It offers a valuable resource to students of the Seleukids and of Hellenistic kingship more broadly, numismatics, and the interplay of ancient Greek religion and politics.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1: Creation of an empire

A new Alexander? The first attempt at a Seleukid image

Seleukos: founder of cities

His own Zeus

The bull-horned King

The horned horseman

Creating Seleukos "the King": the anchor and a horned horse

Failure of an image: the Medusa/bull coinage

Passing on the diadem

Chapter 2: The Creation of a Seleukid Deity

Seleukos, Antiochos and Apollo: the Creation of a Divine Genealogy

Apollo, Asia Minor and the Seleukids

Apollo and the Syrian Tetrapolis

The Babylonian Policy of Antiochos I

Antiochos I, Apollo, and Iranian Kingship

Chapter 3: Continuity and Rebellion: Developments in Seleukid Ideology

The development of a Seleukid Apollo

Antiochos II

Seleukos II

Seleukos III

Antiochos III

Seleukos IV

Antiochos Soter Coinage

Conclusions

Deviation from Apollo

Herakles and Asia Minor

Seleukos II?s Victory Imagery

Group I (Horse/Horseman type)

Group II (Elephant)

Group III (Nike)

Antiochos III and the army

Rebels, Usurpers and Seleukid kingship

Antiochos Hierax

Achaios and Molon

Chapter 4: A New Start?

Antiochos IV and his rise to power

Antiochos IV and Apollo

Antiochos and Zeus

Antiochos IV, Koile Syria and Egypt

Conclusion

Conclusion

Index

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