Antiochus I Soter
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Antiochus I Soter was a Greco-Sogdian king of the Seleucid Empire. Antiochus succeeded his father Seleucus I Nicator in 281 BC and reigned during a period of instability which he mostly overcame until
Cylinder of Antiochus, as great king of kings of Babylon, restorer of the temples E-sagila and E-zida. Written in traditional Akkadian, a voluntary archaism meant to convey prestige.
Gold coin of Antiochus I Soter, from Ai-Khanoum. Obverse shows Antiochus I wearing a diadem. Reverse shows nude Apollo seated on omphalos, holding bow and arrows. Greek legend reads: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY, Basileōs Antiochou – "(Of) King Antiochus".
Antiochus I coin. Antioch mint. Macedonian shield with Seleucid anchor in central boss. Reverse with Elephant walking right. Greek legend reads: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY, Basileōs Antiochou – "(Of) King Antiochus".
Antiochus and Stratonica (1774), Jacques-Louis David, École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts.
Syrian Wars
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The Syrian Wars were a series of six wars between the Seleucid Empire and the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, successor states to Alexander the Great's empire, during the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC over the
Coele-Syria, the site where much of the wars took place
Sidon coinage of Antiochus IV, depicting a victorious galley.