Seleukid Numismatic Information

Royal Names and Epithets on Seleukid Coins

Royal inscriptions  •  List of epithets  •  References

This page covers royal names and epithets on Seleukid coins. Garbled inscriptions, municipal inscriptions, magistrate names, control marks and monograms are not included. Letter forms are not differentiated.

The abbreviations SC I and SC II denote Seleucid Coins, A Comprehensive Catalogue, Parts I and II by Arthur Houghton, Catharine Lorber and Oliver Hoover. The listed references mostly represent just selected examples and not an exhaustive list of all known issues bearing these inscriptions.

Royal inscriptions

Achaios

• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΧΑΙΟΥ

  Reference:	SC I, 952
  Note:	The abbreviated form ΒΑΣΙ ΑΧΑΙ was used on the smallest denomination of Achaios’s bronze coins (SC I, 959).

Alexander I

• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ

  Reference:	SC II, 1786
  Note:	The following abbreviated forms are known from some bronze coins: ΒΑ ΑΛ (SC II, 1834); ΒΑΣΙ ΑΛΕΞ (SC II, 1849); ΒΑΣΙΛ ΑΛΕΞΑ (SC II, 1849); ΒΑΣΙΛΕ ΑΛΕ (SC II, 1852); ΒΑΣΙΛΕ ΑΛΕΞ (SC II, 1855); ΒΑΣΙΛΕ ΑΛΕΞΑ (SC II, 1851); ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝ (SC II, 1847).

• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ ΘΕΟΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ

  Reference:

  SC II, 1776

• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ ΘΕΟΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ ΚΑΙ ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ

  Reference:

  SC II, 1811

Alexander I – coinage in the name of Kleopatra Thea

• ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΗΣ ΚΛΕΟΠΑΤΡΑΣ

  Reference:

  SC II, 1840

Alexander II

• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ

  Reference:

  SC II, 2210

• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟΥ

  Reference:

  SC II, 2239

• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ ΘΕΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟΥ

  Reference:

  SC II, 2215

Antiochos I

• ΑΝΤΙ

  Reference:	SC I, 354
  Note:	The abbreviated form of ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ which was used on a single type of small bronze coins.

• ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ

  Reference:

  SC I, 397

• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ

  Reference:	SC I, 310
  Note:	The following abbreviated forms are known from some bronze coins: Β Α (SC I, 350), ΒΑ ΑΝ (SC I, 326), ΒΑΣΙ ΑΝΤΙ (SC I, 337), ΒΑΣΙΛΕ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ (SC I, 363), ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟ (SC I, 365).

Antiochos I – coinage in the name of Seleukos I

• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ

  Reference:

  SC I, 469

• ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ

  Reference:	SC I, 357
  Note:	ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ on r., ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ in exergue

Antiochos I – coinage minted by Philetairos of Pergamon

This coinage was minted during the reign of Antiochos I while Pergamon was still a loyal part of the Seleukid empire.

• ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ

  Reference:

  SC I, 307

• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ

  Reference:

  SC I, 306

• ΦΙΛΕΤΑΙΡΟΥ

  Reference:	SC I, 309
  Note:	Although these coins were issued in the name of Philetairos, they bear a posthumous portrait of Seleukos I on the obverse.

• ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ

  Reference:	SC I, 308
  Note:	ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ on r., ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ in exergue

Antiochos I – the posthumous “Soter” coinage

This coinage was minted during the interregnum after the death of Antiochos II (246 BC – c. 244 BC). The coins bear a posthumous portrait of Antiochos I. The issuing authority is unknown.

• ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ

  Reference:

  SC I, 640

Antiochos II

• ΑΝΤΙΟΧ

  Reference:	SC I, 489
  Note:	The abbreviated form of ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ which was used on a single type of small bronze coins.

• ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ

  Reference:

  SC I, 556

• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ

  Reference:	SC I, 481
  Note:	The abbreviated form ΒΑΣΙ ΑΝΤΙ is known from some bronze coins (SC I, 529).

Antiochos II – coinage in the name of Alexander the Great

• ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ

  Reference:

  SC I, 548

Antiochos II – coinage in the name of Seleukos I

• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ

  Reference:

  SC II, Ad129

• ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ

  Reference:

  SC I, 601

Antiochos III

• ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ

  Reference:

  SC I, 1014

• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ

  Reference:

  SC I, 960

Antiochos IV

• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ

  Reference:	SC II, 1373
  Note:	The royal title and name is abbreviated as Β Α or ΒΑ ΑΝ on some quasi-municipal bronze coins (SC I, 1495 and 1457, respectively).

• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΘΕΟΥ

  Reference:

  SC II, 1539

• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΘΕΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ

  Reference:

  SC II, 1396

• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΘΕΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟΥ

  Reference:

  SC II, 1401

Antiochos IV – posthumous coinage

Posthumous series of Antiochos IV were minted in 151/0 BC at Apamea and in 146/5 BC at Antioch on the Orontes.

• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ

  Reference:

  SC II, 1883

• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ

  Reference:

  SC II, 1885

Antiochos V

• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ

  Reference:

  SC II, 1581

• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΕΥΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ

  Reference:	SC II, 1572
  Note:	The abbreviated form ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΕΥΠΑΤ appears on a single type of silver drachms (SC I, 1586).

• ΕΥΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ

  Reference:	SC II, 1578
  Note:	ΕΥΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ on obverse and ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ on reverse (quasi-municipal coinage of Byblos)

Antiochos VI

• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ

  Reference:

  SC II, 2013

• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΔΙΟΝΥΣΟΥ

  Reference:

  SC II, 1996

Antiochos VII

• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ

  Reference:

  SC II, 2069

• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ

  Reference:

  SC II, 2049

• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ

  Reference:

  SC II, 2134

Antiochos VIII

• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ

  Reference:	SC II, 2284
  Note:	The royal title and name is abbreviated as ΒΑΣΙ ΑΝΤΙ or ΒΑΣΙ ΑΝΤΙΟ on some quasi-municipal bronze coins (SC II, 2327 and 2328, respectively).

• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ

  Reference:

  SC II, 2278

• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΦΙΛΟΜΗΤΟΡΟΣ

  Reference:

  SC II, 2308

Antiochos IX

• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ

  Reference:

  SC II, 2386

• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΦΙΛΟΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ

  Reference:	SC II, 2345
  Note:	The abbreviated forms ΒΑΣΙΛΕ ΑΝ ΦΙ and ΒΑΣΙΛΕ ΑΝΤΙ ΦΙΛΟ appear on silver obols and hemidrachms of Samaria (SC II, 2394 and 2393, respectively) and the abbreviated form ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΦΙΛΟΠΑΤ on a single type of small bronze coins (SC II, 2365).

Antiochos X

• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΕΥΣΕΒΟΥΣ ΦΙΛΟΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ

  Reference:

  SC II, 2428

Antiochos XI

• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΟΥ

  Reference:

  SC II, 2440

Antiochos XI and Philip I

• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ

  Reference:

  SC II, 2435

Antiochos XII

• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΔΙΟΝΥΣΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΦΙΛΟΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ ΚΑΛΛΙΝΙΚΟΥ

  Reference:

  SC II, 2472A

• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΦΙΛΟΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ ΚΑΛΛΙΝΙΚΟΥ

  Reference:

  SC II, 2471

Antiochos XIII

• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΟΥ

  Reference:

  SC II, 2487

Antiochos Hierax

• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ

  Reference:

  SC I, 835

Antiochos Hierax – coinage in the name of Alexander the Great

• ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ

  Reference:

  SC I, 839

Antiochos, Son of Seleukos IV

• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ

  Reference:

  SC II, 1365

A Young Antiochos Epiphanes

• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ

  Reference:

  SC II, 2208

Demetrios I

• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ

  Reference:	SC II, 1610
  Note:	The abbreviated form ΒΑ ΔΗ was used on some quasi-municipal bronze issues of Sidon (SC II, 1669)

• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ

  Reference:

  SC II, 1623

Demetrios II, 1st Reign

• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ

  Reference:

  SC II, 1909

• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΘΕΟΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΟΥ

  Reference:

  SC II, 1995B

• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΘΕΟΥ ΝΙΚΑΤΟΡΟΣ

  Reference:

  SC II, 1890

• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΘΕΟΥ ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΟΥ ΝΙΚΑΤΟΡΟΣ

  Reference:

  SC II, 1888

• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΝΙΚΑΤΟΡΟΣ

  Reference:

  SC II, 1928

• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΟΥ ΝΙΚΑΤΟΡΟΣ

  Reference:

  SC II, 1889

Demetrios II, 2nd Reign

• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ

  Reference:

  SC II, 2188

• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΘΕΟΥ ΝΙΚΑΤΟΡΟΣ

  Reference:

  SC II, 2153

Demetrios III

• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΘΕΟΥ ΦΙΛΟΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ

  Reference:

  SC II, 2445

• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΦΙΛΟΜΗΤΟΡΟΣ ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ

  Reference:

  SC II, 2444

• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΦΙΛΟΜΗΤΟΡΟΣ ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ ΚΑΛΛΙΝΙΚΟΥ

  Reference:

  SC II, 2447

Kleopatra Selene and Antiochos XIII

• ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΗΣ ΚΛΕΟΠΑΤΡΑΣ ΣΕΛΗΝΗΣ ΚΑΙ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ

  Reference:

  SC II, 2485

• ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΗΣ ΚΛΕΟΠΑΤΡΑΣ ΣΕΛΗΝΗΣ ΚΑΙ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΦΙΛΟΜΗΤΟΡΟΣ

  Reference:

  SC II, 2484

Kleopatra Thea

• ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΗΣ ΚΛΕΟΠΑΤΡΑΣ ΘΕΑΣ ΕΥΕΤΗΡΙΑΣ

  Reference:

  SC II, 2258

Kleopatra Thea and Antiochos VIII

• ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΗΣ ΚΛΕΟΠΑΤΡΑΣ ΘΕΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ

  Reference:

  SC II, 2259

• ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΗΣ ΚΛΕΟΠΑΤΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ

  Reference:

  SC II, 2260

• ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΗΣ ΚΛΕΟΠΑΤΡΑΣ, ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ

  Reference:

  SC II, 2269

Molon

• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΟΛΩΝΟΣ

  Reference:

  SC I, 949

Philip I

• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΟΥ

  Reference:

  SC II, 2459

Philip I – posthumous coinage

Posthumous coinage in the name of Philip I started sometime in the period c. 69 BC – 57 BC. The early series were minted either by Philip II or by the civic authorities of Antioch on the Orontes or by the Roman administration before the proconsulship of Aulus Gabinius. Later series were minted since 57 BC to 14/3 BC by the Roman administration at Antioch.

• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΟΥ

  Reference:

  SC II, 2488

Seleukos I

• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ

  Reference:	SC I, 180
  Note:	The royal title without Seleukos’s name appears on a single type of silver hemidrachms.

• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ

  Reference:	SC I, 1
  Note:	The abbreviated form ΒΑ ΣΕ appears on a single type of silver hemiobols (SC I, 14) and the abbreviated form ΒΑΣΙ ΣΕΛΕΥ on a single type of small bronze coins (SC I, 26).

• ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ

  Reference:	SC I, 32
  Note:	The abbreviated forms ΣΕ and ΣΕΛΕΥΚ are known from two types of silver obols (SC I, 38 and 48, respectively), the abbreviated form ΣΕΛΕ appears on a single type of small bronze coins (SC I, 34).

• ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ

  Reference:

  SC I, 9

Seleukos I – coinage in the name of Alexander the Great

• ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ

  Reference:

  SC I, 27

• ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ

  Reference:

  SC I, 62

Seleukos I – coinage in the name of Philip Arrhidaeus

• ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ

  Reference:	SC I, Ad41
  Note:	Coinage of the first satrapy of Seleukos I in Babylonia.

• ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ

  Reference:

  SC I, 68

Seleukos I – coregency with Antiochos I

• ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ

  Reference:	SC I, 63
  Note:	These coins may belong to the early sole reign of Antiochos I.

• ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ

  Reference:

  SC I, 235

• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ

  Reference:

  SC I, 233

• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ

  Reference:

  SC I, 285

• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ

  Reference:

  SC I, 280

• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ

  Reference:	SC I, 54
  Note:	These coins may belong to the early sole reign of Antiochos I.

• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ

  Reference:

  SC I, 279

Seleukos II

• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ

  Reference:	SC I, 643
  Note:	The abbreviated forms ΒΑΣΙ ΣΕΛΕ and ΒΑΣΙΛ ΣΕΛΕΥ are known from two types of small bronze coins (SC I, 758 and 755, respectively). The abbreviated legend ΒΑΣΙΛΕ ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ stated in SC I, 813, is an erratum; the legend probably reads ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩ ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ or even ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ.

• ΣΕΛΕΥ

  Reference:	SC I, Ad31
  Note:	The abbreviated form of ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ is known from a single type of small bronze coins.

• ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ

  Reference:	SC I, 787
  Note:	ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ on r., ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ in exergue

Seleukos II – coinage in the name of Alexander the Great

• ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ

  Reference:

  SC II, C930

Seleukos III

• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ

  Reference:

  SC I, 915

Seleukos III – coinage in the name of Alexander the Great

• ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ

  Reference:

  SC I, 926

Seleukos IV

There is a unique bronze coin purportedly of Seleukos IV (SNG Fitzwilliam, 5604) whose legend includes the epithet Philopator, which does not appear on other Seleukos IV’s coins. However, this coin is most likely a modern confection, see SC II, p. 34.

• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΣ

  Reference:

  SC II, 1318.1a

• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ

  Reference:

  SC II, 1296

• ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ

  Reference:

  SC II, 1338

Seleukos VI

• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ ΝΙΚΑΤΟΡΟΣ

  Reference:

  SC II, 2416

• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΝΙΚΑΤΟΡΟΣ

  Reference:

  SC II, 2403

Timarchos

• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΤΙΜΑΡΧΟΥ

  Reference:

  SC II, 1588

Tryphon

• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΤΡΥΦΩΝΟΣ

  Reference:

  SC II, 2044

• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΤΡΥΦΩΝΟΣ ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΟΡΟΣ

  Reference:

  SC II, 2029

List of epithets

Autokrator

“Self-Empowered”

• Tryphon

Dionysos Epiphanes Philopator Kallinikos

“Dionysos Manifest, Father-Loving, Nobly Victorious”

• Antiochos XII

Epiphanes

“Illustrious”

• Antiochos IV – posthumous coinage
• Antiochos VIII
• A Young Antiochos Epiphanes

Epiphanes Dionysos

“Manifest Dionysos”

• Antiochos VI

Epiphanes Nikator

“Illustrious Victor”

• Seleukos VI

Epiphanes Nikephoros

“[God] Manifest, Bearer of Victory” (the abbreviated form of Theos Epiphanes Nikephoros) or “Illustrious, Bearer of Victory”

• Alexander II

Epiphanes Philadelphos

“Illustrious, Brother-Loving”

• Antiochos XI
• Philip I
• Philip I – posthumous coinage

Epiphanes Philopator Kallinikos

“Illustrious, Father-Loving, Nobly Victorious”

• Antiochos XII

Euergetes

“Benefactor”

• Antiochos VII

Eupator

“of a Noble Father”

• Antiochos V

Eusebes Philopator

“Pious, Father-Loving”

• Antiochos X

Megas

“the Great”

• Timarchos

Megas Euergetes

“the Great, Benefactor”

• Antiochos VII

Nikator

“Victor”

• Demetrios II, 1st Reign
• Seleukos VI

Philadelphos

“Brother-Loving”

• Antiochos XIII

Philadelphos Nikator

“Brother-Loving Victor”

• Demetrios II, 1st Reign

Philometor

“Mother-Loving”

• Antiochos VIII
• Antiochos XIII – joint coinage with Kleopatra Selene

Philometor Euergetes

“Mother-Loving Benefactor”

• Demetrios III

Philometor Euergetes Kallinikos

“Mother-Loving Benefactor, Nobly Victorious”

• Demetrios III

Philopator

“Father-Loving”

• Antiochos IX

Selene

“Moon”

• Kleopatra Selene – joint coinage with Antiochos XIII

Soter

“Saviour”

• Antiochos I – the posthumous “Soter” coinage
• Demetrios I

Thea

“Goddess”

• Kleopatra Thea – joint coinage with Antiochos VIII

Thea Eueteria

“Goddess of the Fruitful Season”

• Kleopatra Thea

Theopator Euergetes

“Divinely Fathered Benefactor”

• Alexander I

Theopator Philadelphos

“Son of a Divine Father, Brother-Loving”

• Demetrios II, 1st Reign

Theos

“God”

• Antiochos IV

Theos Epiphanes

“God Manifest”

• Antiochos IV

Theos Epiphanes Nikephoros

“God Manifest, Bearer of Victory”

• Alexander II
• Antiochos IV

Theos Nikator

“Victorious God”

• Demetrios II, 1st Reign
• Demetrios II, 2nd Reign

Theos Philadelphos Nikator

“Brother-Loving God and Victor”

• Demetrios II, 1st Reign

Theos Philopator Soter

“Brother-Loving God and Saviour”

• Demetrios III

References:

Houghton, Arthur; Lorber, Catharine: Seleucid Coins, A Comprehensive Catalogue. Part I, Volumes 1 and 2. The American Numismatic Society, New York, in association with Classical Numismatic Group, Inc., Lancaster/London, 2002. (abbr. SC I)

Houghton, Arthur; Lorber, Catharine; Hoover, Oliver: Seleucid Coins, A Comprehensive Catalogue. Part II, Volumes 1 and 2. The American Numismatic Society, New York, in association with Classical Numismatic Group, Inc., Lancaster/London, 2008. (abbr. SC II)