The Early Seleukids Their Gods and Their Coins 1st Edition by Kyle Erickson ISBN 135181107X 9781351811071

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ISBN 10: 135181107X 
ISBN 13: 9781351811071
Author: Kyle Erickson

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.

The Early Seleukids Their Gods and Their Coins 1st Table of contents:

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
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
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
4 A new start?
Antiochos IV and his rise to power
Antiochos IV and Apollo
Antiochos and Zeus
Antiochos IV, Koile Syria and Egypt

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