Greek coins - Seleukos IV galley 187 BC (JUn23145)

Greek Seleukid Kingdom. Antioch on the Orontes. Seleukos IV Philopator 187-175 BC.

Serrate Æ 20 mm, 6,93 g

Draped bust of Dionysos right, wreathed with ivy, thyrsos over shoulder, monogram behind / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ, prow of galley left, monogram above.

very fine SC 1316.2; HGC 9, 586. very fine

"The Seleukid Empire was the largest of the successor states carved from the short-lived empire of Alexander the Great, and arguably the most culturally diverse. Over nearly two and a half centuries it produced an astonishing volume and variety of coinage...from mints scattered across its vast expanse."