Seleukid Numismatic Information

Greek Inscriptions on Quasi-Municipal Coins

Inscriptions sorted by mint  •  Inscriptions sorted by ruler  •  References

This page covers Greek inscriptions on Seleukid quasi-municipal coins. Garbled inscriptions, magistrate names, control marks, monograms and inscriptions on non-Seleukid coins with Seleukid countermarks are not included. Non-Greek inscriptions are not included as well (there are many Phoenician inscriptions). This list is not complete. It will be completed when Seleucid Coins, Part II, by A. Houghton, C. Lorber and O. Hoover is published.

All listed inscriptions are known from bronze coins, unless explicitly said otherwise. The listed references represent just selected examples of coins bearing these inscriptions and not an exhaustive list of known series.

Inscriptions sorted by mint

Aigeai (Aegeae)

• ΑΙΓΕΑΙΩΝ

  Ruler:	Antiochos IV
  Reference:	SNG Spaer, 1059

Ake-Ptolemais (Akko)

• ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΤΩΝ ΕΝ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΔΙ

  Ruler:	Antiochos IV
  Reference:	SNG Spaer, 1156

Antioch on the Kallirhoe (Edessa)

• ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΤΩΝ ΕΠΙ ΚΑΛΛΙΡΟΗΙ

  Ruler:	Antiochos IV
  Reference:	SNG Spaer 1190

Antioch in Mygdonia (Nisibis)

• ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΤΩΝ ΕΝ ΜΥΓΔΟΝΙΑΙ

  Ruler:	Antiochos IV
  Reference:	SNG Spaer, 1194; Petr Vesely’s collection, A04-AE-04

Antioch on the Orontes (Antioch near Daphne)

• ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ

  Ruler:	Alexander I
  Reference:	Houghton, CSE, 176

• ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΤΩΝ ΠΡΟΣ ΔΑΦΝΗΙ

  Ruler:	Antiochos IV
  Reference:	Houghton, CSE, 130; SNG Spaer, 1008

Apamea (Apameia on the Axios)

• ΑΠΑΜΕΩΝ

  Ruler:	Alexander I
  Reference:	SNG Spaer, 1489

• ΑΠΑΜΕΩΝ ΤΩΝ ΠΡΟΣ ΤΩΙ ΑΞΙΩΙ

  Ruler:	Antiochos IV
  Reference:	SNG Spaer, 1049

Eupatreia (Orthosia ?)

• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ ΕΥΠΑΤΡΕΩΝ

  Ruler:	Alexander I
  Reference:	Houghton, CSE, 566; SNG Spaer, 1499

Hierapolis (Bambyke)

• ΙΕΡΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ

  Ruler:	Antiochos IV
  Reference:	Houghton, CSE, 448 (erroneously stated as ΗΙΕΡΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ); SNG Spaer, 1055

Hierapolis on the Pyramos (Castabala)

• ΙΕΡΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ ΤΩΝ ΠΡΟΣ ΤΩΙ ΠΥΡΑΜΩΙ

  Ruler:	Antiochos IV
  Reference:	SNG Spaer, 1067

Kyrrhos (Cyrrhus)

• ΚΥΡΡΗΣΤΩΝ

  Ruler:	Alexander I
  Reference:	Houghton, CSE, 449; SNG Spaer, 1496

Laodikeia by the Sea (Laodikeia ad Mare)

• ΛΑΟΔΙΚΕΩΝ ΤΩΝ ΠΡΟΣ ΘΑΛΑΣΣΗΙ

  Ruler:	Antiochos IV, Alexander I
  Reference:	Houghton, CSE, 446 (Antiochos IV); SNG Spaer, 1054 (Antiochos IV), 1495 (Alexander I)

Seleukeia in Pieria

• ΣΕΛΕΥΚΕΩΝ ΕΜ ΠΙΕΡΙΑΙ

  Ruler:	Alexander I
  Reference:	Houghton, CSE, 410; SNG Spaer, 1484

• ΣΕΛΕΥΚΕΩΝ ΤΩΝ ΕΜ ΠΙΕΡΙΑΙ

  Ruler:	Antiochos IV, Alexander I
  Reference:	SNG Spaer, 1045 (Antiochos IV); Petr Vesely’s collection, AX1-AE-01 (Alexander I)

Seleukeia on the Pyramos (Mopsos)

• ΣΕΛΕΥΚΕΩΝ ΤΩΝ ΠΡΟΣ ΤΩΙ ΠΥΡΑΜΩΙ

  Ruler:	Antiochos IV
  Reference:	SNG Spaer, 1060

Sidon

• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ ΣΙΔΩΝΙΩΝ

  Ruler:	Alexander I
  Reference:	SNG Spaer, 1526

• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΣΙΔΩΝΙΩΝ

  Ruler:	Antiochos IV, Antiochos VII
  Reference:	Houghton, CSE, 711 (Antiochos IV); SNG Spaer, 2000 (Antiochos VII)

• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΣΙΔΩΝΙΩΝ

  Ruler:	Demetrios I
  Reference:	SNG Spaer, 1312

• ΣΙΔΩ ΘΕΑΣ

  Ruler:	Antiochos VIII
  Reference:	SNG Spaer, 2579

• ΣΙΔΩΝΟΣ ΘΕΑΣ

  Ruler:	Demetrios II (2nd reign)
  Reference:	SNG Spaer, 2209

Tripolis

• ΤΡΙΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ

  Ruler:	Antiochos IV
  Reference:	SNG Spaer, 1068

Tyre

• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΤΥΡΙΩΝ

  Ruler:	Antiochos VII
  Reference:	SNG Spaer, 2037

• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΤΥΡΙΩΝ

  Ruler:	Antiochos IV
  Reference:	Houghton, CSE, 732; SNG Spaer, 1092

• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΤΥΡΙΩΝ

  Ruler:	Demetrios I, Demetrios II (1st reign)
  Reference:	SNG Spaer, 1327 (Demetrios I), 1688 (Demetrios II, 1st reign)

• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΤΥΡΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ

  Ruler:	Demetrios II (1st reign)
  Reference:	SNG Spaer, 1729
  Note:	A special issue of AR tetradrachms related to Demetrios II’s grant of asylia to the city of Tyre. All these tetradrachms are dated SE 172 (141/0 BC).

Inscriptions sorted by ruler

Antiochos IV

• ΑΙΓΕΑΙΩΝ

  Mint:	Aigeai (Aegeae)
  Reference:	SNG Spaer, 1059

• ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΤΩΝ ΕΝ ΜΥΓΔΟΝΙΑΙ

  Mint:	Antioch in Mygdonia (Nisibis)
  Reference:	SNG Spaer, 1194; Petr Vesely’s collection, A04-AE-04

• ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΤΩΝ ΕΝ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΔΙ

  Mint:	Ake-Ptolemais (Akko)
  Reference:	SNG Spaer, 1156

• ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΤΩΝ ΕΠΙ ΚΑΛΛΙΡΟΗΙ

  Mint:	Antioch on the Kallirhoe (Edessa)
  Reference:	SNG Spaer 1190

• ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΤΩΝ ΠΡΟΣ ΔΑΦΝΗΙ

  Mint:	Antioch on the Orontes (Antioch near Daphne)
  Reference:	Houghton, CSE, 130; SNG Spaer, 1008

• ΑΠΑΜΕΩΝ ΤΩΝ ΠΡΟΣ ΤΩΙ ΑΞΙΩΙ

  Mint:	Apamea (Apameia on the Axios)
  Reference:	SNG Spaer, 1049

• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΣΙΔΩΝΙΩΝ

  Mint:	Sidon
  Reference:	Houghton, CSE, 711

• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΤΥΡΙΩΝ

  Mint:	Tyre
  Reference:	Houghton, CSE, 732; SNG Spaer, 1092

• ΙΕΡΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ

  Mint:	Hierapolis (Bambyke)
  Reference:	Houghton, CSE, 448 (erroneously stated as ΗΙΕΡΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ); SNG Spaer, 1055

• ΙΕΡΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ ΤΩΝ ΠΡΟΣ ΤΩΙ ΠΥΡΑΜΩΙ

  Mint:	Hierapolis on the Pyramos (Castabala)
  Reference:	SNG Spaer, 1067

• ΛΑΟΔΙΚΕΩΝ ΤΩΝ ΠΡΟΣ ΘΑΛΑΣΣΗΙ

  Mint:	Laodikeia by the Sea (Laodikeia ad Mare)
  Reference:	Houghton, CSE, 446; SNG Spaer, 1054

• ΣΕΛΕΥΚΕΩΝ ΤΩΝ ΕΜ ΠΙΕΡΙΑΙ

  Mint:	Seleukeia in Pieria
  Reference:	SNG Spaer, 1045

• ΣΕΛΕΥΚΕΩΝ ΤΩΝ ΠΡΟΣ ΤΩΙ ΠΥΡΑΜΩΙ

  Mint:	Seleukeia on the Pyramos (Mopsos)
  Reference:	SNG Spaer, 1060

• ΤΡΙΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ

  Mint:	Tripolis
  Reference:	SNG Spaer, 1068

Demetrios I

• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΣΙΔΩΝΙΩΝ

  Mint:	Sidon
  Reference:	SNG Spaer, 1312

• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΤΥΡΙΩΝ

  Mint:	Tyre
  Reference:	SNG Spaer, 1327

Alexander I

• ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ

  Mint:	Antioch on the Orontes (Antioch near Daphne)
  Reference:	Houghton, CSE, 176

• ΑΠΑΜΕΩΝ

  Mint:	Apamea (Apameia on the Axios)
  Reference:	SNG Spaer, 1489

• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ ΕΥΠΑΤΡΕΩΝ

  Mint:	Eupatreia (Orthosia ?)
  Reference:	Houghton, CSE, 566; SNG Spaer, 1499

• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ ΣΙΔΩΝΙΩΝ

  Mint:	Sidon
  Reference:	SNG Spaer, 1526

• ΚΥΡΡΗΣΤΩΝ

  Mint:	Kyrrhos (Cyrrhus)
  Reference:	Houghton, CSE, 449; SNG Spaer, 1496

• ΛΑΟΔΙΚΕΩΝ ΤΩΝ ΠΡΟΣ ΘΑΛΑΣΣΗΙ

  Mint:	Laodikeia by the Sea (Laodikeia ad Mare)
  Reference:	SNG Spaer, 1495

• ΣΕΛΕΥΚΕΩΝ ΕΜ ΠΙΕΡΙΑΙ

  Mint:	Seleukeia in Pieria
  Reference:	Houghton, CSE, 410; SNG Spaer, 1484

• ΣΕΛΕΥΚΕΩΝ ΤΩΝ ΕΜ ΠΙΕΡΙΑΙ

  Mint:	Seleukeia in Pieria
  Reference:	Petr Vesely’s collection, AX1-AE-01

Demetrios II, 1st reign

• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΤΥΡΙΩΝ

  Mint:	Tyre
  Reference:	SNG Spaer, 1688

• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΤΥΡΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ

  Mint:	Tyre
  Reference:	SNG Spaer, 1729
  Note:	A special issue of AR tetradrachms related to Demetrios II’s grant of asylia to the city of Tyre. All these tetradrachms are dated SE 172 (141/0 BC).

Antiochos VII

• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΤΥΡΙΩΝ

  Mint:	Tyre
  Reference:	SNG Spaer, 2037

• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΣΙΔΩΝΙΩΝ

  Mint:	Sidon
  Reference:	SNG Spaer, 2000

Demetrios II, 2nd reign

• ΣΙΔΩΝΟΣ ΘΕΑΣ

  Mint:	Sidon
  Reference:	SNG Spaer, 2209

Antiochos VIII

• ΣΙΔΩ ΘΕΑΣ

  Mint:	Sidon
  Reference:	SNG Spaer, 2579

References:

Houghton, Arthur: Coins of the Seleucid Empire from the Collection of Arthur Houghton. The American Numismatic Society, New York, 1983. (abbr. CSE)

Houghton, Arthur; Spaer, Arnold (with the assistance of Catharine Lorber): Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum. Israel I. The Arnold Spaer Collection of Seleucid Coins. Italo Vecchi Ltd., London, 1998. (abbr. SNG Spaer)