Seleukeia in Pieria (Seleukeia ad Mare, modern day Cevlik) was founded in 300 BC north of the Orontes estuary in the Pieria. To overcome the heavy silting to the harbours, some emperors, e.g. Titus and Constantius II, ordered canals and tunnels to be dug. Many remains can still be seen today: Titus' tunnel, canal and bridge, a road of rock tombs, the old city walls and the 1st-5th century tombs at the Besikli Caves.
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| BMC 5 | Seleukeia Pieria, Syria. AE22. Civic issue struck under Seleukos I, 312-280 BC. Laureate head of Zeus right / ΣEΛEYKEΩN, thunderbolt; ΠMT monogram in circle below. BMC 5; SNG Spaer 38; SNG Cop 388-390; Hoover HGC 1384; Sear 5890. | Text | Image |
| BMC 7-10 | Seleukeia Pieria, Syria. AE21, struck under Demetrios II Nikator, second reign, 129-125 BC. 7.51 g. Laureate head of Zeus right. / ΣEΛEYKΩN TΩN EM ΠIEΡIAI above and beneath winged thunderbolt, ΔH monogram and pilei of the Dioskuri above, B and MHTΡ monogram below, all within wreath. BMC 7-10; Hoover HGC 1386; SNG Cop 392. | Text | Image |
| BMC 7 var | Seleukia Pieria, Syria. Ca 2nd Century BC. AE 21mm. Laureate head of Zeus right / ΣEΛEYKEΩN THΣ TΩN EM ΠIEΡIAI, winged thunderbolt; ΔH monogram and two pilei of the Dioskuri above, B and MHΡ monogram below. BMC 7 var (Δ of upper monogram inverted and lower monogram without T). | Text | Image |
| BMC 13v | Seleukeia Pieria, Syria. Circa 147-146 BC. AE 20mm. Laureate head of Zeus right / Thunderbolt; CEP above, BY and BΔ monograms below. | Text | Image |
| BMC 14 | Seleukeia Pieria, Syria. 2nd. century BC. Head of Apollo right, quiver at neck / ΣEΛEYKEΩN THΣ TΩN EM ΠIEΡIAI to left and right of tripod altar. BMC 14. | Text | Image |
| BMC 17 | Seleukeia Pieria, Syria. AR Tetradrachm. Dated Year 9, 100-98 BC. 12.28 gm. Turreted and veiled head of Tyche right / ΣEΛEYKEΩN THΣ IEΡAΣ KAI AYTONOMOY above and beneath filleted thunderbolt on cushion placed on throne, all within laurel wreath. Θ beneath throne, Θ at lower right. BMC 17; Hoover HGC 1382. . | Text | Image |
| BMC 18 | Seleukeia Pieria, Syria, AR tetradrachm. Dated Year 11, 99-98 BC. Turreted and veiled bust of Tyche right / ΣEΛEYKEΩN THΣ IEΡAΣ KAI AYTONOMOY above and beneath thunderbolt on cushion placed on a stool, all within laurel wreath. Date AI between the legs, Γ at lower right. Hoover HGC 1382.7; BMC 18; Mionnet V, 861. | Text | Image |
| BMC 19 | Seleukeia Pieria. Syria. AR Tetradrachm. Dated year 12. 98-97 BC. Turreted and veiled head of Tyche right / ΣEΛEYKEΩN THΣ IEΡAΣ KAI AYTONOMOY above and beneath filleted thunderbolt on cushion placed on throne, all within laurel wreath. BI beneath throne, Γ at lower right. BMC 19. | Text | Image |
| BMC 21 | Seleukeia Pieria. Syria. AR Tetradrachm. Dated year 13. 97-96 BC. Turreted and veiled head of Tyche right / ΣEΛEYKEΩN THΣ IEΡAΣ KAI AYTONOMOY above and beneath filleted thunderbolt on cushion placed on throne, all within laurel wreath. ΓI beneath throne, ΔI monogram at lower right. BMC 21. | Text | Image |
| BMC 31 | Seleukeia Pieria. Syria. AE21. Magistrate C. Julius Commodus Orfitianus. Year 188 of the local era = 157 AD. EΠI KOMOΔOY EΠΡ, turreted and veiled bust of Tyche right, wearing turreted head-dress and veil, palm-branch behind head, border of dots / CEΛEYKEΩN THC IEΡAC KAI AUTONOMOY above and beneath thunderbolt, with fillet attached, on cushion placed on stool. | Text | Image |
| Callatay D29R1 | Seleukeia Pieria, Syria. AR Tetradrachm. Dated year 12, 97-96 BC. Turreted and veiled head of Tyche right / ΣEΛEYKEΩN THΣ IEΡAΣ KAI AYTONOMOY above and beneath filleted thunderbolt on cushion placed on throne, all within laurel wreath. BI beneath throne, Δ at lower right. Callatay "Tétradrachmes Civiques" D29R1; cf Sear Greek 5887; BMC 19 var (letter right); Hoover 1382.8. | Text | Image |
| Hoover 1382.2 | Seleukeia Pieria, Syria. AR Tetradrachm. Year 5. 105-104 BC. Turreted and veiled bust of Tyche right / ΣEΛEYKEΩN THΣ IEΡAΣ KAI AYTONOMOY above and beneath thunderbolt on cushion placed on a stool, all within laurel wreath. Date E between the legs, Γ at lower left. Hoover HGC 1382.2; Mionnet V, 857. | Text | Image |
| Hoover 1382.6, A | Seleukeia Pieria, Syria. AR Tetradrachm. Dated year 10, 100-99 BC. Turreted and veiled head of Tyche right / ΣEΛEYKEΩN THΣ IEΡAΣ KAI AYTONOMOY above and beneath filleted thunderbolt on cushion placed on throne, all within laurel wreath. I beneath throne, A at lower right. Hoover 1382.6. | Text | Image |
| Hoover 1382.6, Θ | Seleukeia Pieria, Syria, AR tetradrachm. Dated Year 10, 100-99 BC. Turreted and veiled bust of Tyche right / ΣEΛEYKEΩN THΣ IEΡAΣ KAI AYTONOMOY above and beneath thunderbolt on cushion placed on a stool, all within laurel wreath. Date I between the legs, Θ at lower right. Hoover HGC 1382.6; Mionnet V, 860. | Text | Image |
| Hoover 1382.8, EΔ | Seleukeia Pieria, Syria. AR Tetradrachm. Dated year 12, 98-97 BC. Turreted and veiled bust of Tyche right / ΣEΛEYKEΩN THΣ IEΡAΣ KAI AYTONOMOY above and beneath thunderbolt on cushion placed on a stool, all within laurel wreath. Date BI between the legs, E on Δ monogram at lower right. Hoover HGC 1382.8; Mionnet V, 862. | Text | Image |
| Hoover 1382.9 | Seleukeia Pieria, Syria. AR Tetradrachm. Dated Year 13 = 97-96 BC. Turreted and veiled head of Tyche right / ΣEΛEYKEΩN THΣ IEΡAΣ KAI AYTONOMOY above and beneath filleted thunderbolt on cushion placed on throne, all within laurel wreath. Date ΓI beneath throne, I to right. Callata˙ D38/R2 (this coin); Hoover 1382.9. | Text | Image |
| Mionnet 2 | Seleukeia Pieria, Syria. Year 165 (148/147 BC). AE 20mm. Jugate, laureate and bearded heads right (Antioch and Seleukia?) / AΔEΛΦΩN ΔHMΩN left, Tyche standing left, raising right hand and holding double cornucopiae in left; date EΞΡ in ex. Mionnet Supp. 8, 2. | Text | Image |
| Mionnet 844 | Seleukeia Pieria, Syria, AE 20mm, 6,92gr. EΠI KOMOΔOU ΠΡ, Turreted and veiled bust of Tyche left, palm branch behind head / CEΛEYKEΩN.. above and beneath thunderbolt, with fillet attached, on cushion placed on stool. Date below. BMC 31 var (Tyche right); Plant 2336; Mionnet V 844. | Text | Image |
| RPC 4327 | Seleukeia Pieria, Syria AE 19mm. Diademed head of Zeus right / Turreted head of Tyche right, within wreath. BMC 28. | Text | Image |
| RPC 4327v | Seleukeia Pieria, Syria. AE 19mm. Diademed head of Zeus right / Turreted and veiled head of Tyche right. Lindgren I A2138A. | Text | Image |
| SNG Cop 392 | Seleukeia Pieria, Syria, Civic issue, circa 2nd Century BC. AE 21mm. Laureate head of Zeus right / Winged thunderbolt; monogram and two pilei above, B and MYHR monogram below; all within laurel wreath. BMC 7ff. | Text | Image | Text | Image |
| SNG Cop 398 | Seleukeia Pieria, Syria. AR Tetradrachm. Dated Year 13, 96-95 BC. Turreted and veiled head of Tyche right / ΣEΛEYKEΩN THΣ IEΡAΣ KAI AYTONOMOY above and beneath filleted thunderbolt on cushion placed on throne, ΓI beneath throne, XΔ monogram at lower right, all within laurel wreath. SNG Cop 398; SNG Lockett 3204-3205. | Text | Image |
| SNG Is 37 | Seleukeia Piereia, Syria, AE23mm. Civic issue from time of Seleukos I, 312-280 BC. Laureate head of Zeus right / Winged thunderbolt, MYHR monogram in circle below. WSM 896, SNG Copenhagen 388, SC -. | Text | Image |
| Sear 5887 | Seleukeia Piereia, Syria, After 109/108 B.C. AR Tetradrachm. Veiled and turreted bust of Tyche right / ΣEΛEYKEΩN THΣ IEΡAΣ KAI AYTONOMOY above and beneath filleted thunderbolt on cushion placed on throne; date letter(s) beneath between the legs, issue letter or monogram at lower right, all within laurel-wreath. | Text | Image |
| RPC 4328 | Augustus AR Tetradrachm of Seleucia Piereia, Syria. Dated Year 114 = 6 AD. KAIΣAΡOΣ ΣEBAΣTOY, laureate head right / ΣEΛEYKEΩN THΣ IEΡAΣ KAI AYTONOMOY A-H, thunderbolt on throne, date IΔP below, all in wreath. BMC 32, SGI 112. | Text | Obv*Rev |
| RPC 4330 | Tiberius AE26 (8 Chalkoi?) of Seleukia Pieria, Syria. 16/17 AD. Magistrate Q Caeculius Metellus Creticus Silanus. ΣEBAΣTOΣ ΣEBAΣTOV KAIΣAΡ, bare head right / EΠI ΣI-ΛANOV-ANTIO-ΞEΩN, four lines across field, Γ above, ZM below, all within laurel wreath. SGI 292, BMC 33-34. | Text | Image |
| BMC 36cf | Trajan AE 20mm of Seleukia Pieria, Syria. AVTOKΡ KAIC NEΡ TΡAIANOC AΡICT ΓEΡM ΔAK, laureate head right / CEΛEVKEΩN &Pi:EIEΡIAC, ZEYC-KACIOC in ex, sacred stone of Zeus Kasios in shrine. SNGCop 403. | Text | Image |
| BMC 40 | Trajan, AE25. Seleucia Pieria, Syria. AVTOK KAIC NEΡ TΡAIANOC AΡICT ΓEΡM ΔAK, laureate head right / CEΛEYKEΩN &Pi:EIEΡIAC around, ZEYC KACIOC below, sacred stone of Zeus Kasios with fillet attached, within shrine of four pillars supporting a pyramidal roof surmounted by an eagle, barred Epsilon at lower right. BMC 40; SNG Cop 404. | Text | Image |
| BMC 41 | Trajan AE 25mm of Seleucia Pieria. Laureate head right / Simulacrum of Zeus Kasios in tetrastyle shrine. | Text | Image |
| BMC 44 | Trajan AE 25mm of Seleukeia Pieria, Syria. Laureate head right / Sacred stone of Zeus Kasios in tetrastyle shrine, with pyramidal roof surmounted by eagle. | Text | Image |
| Paris 1384 | Antoninus Pius, AE25 of Seleukeia, Syria. AD 141. AYT KAI TI AI AΔ ANTΩNEINOC CE, laureate head right. / CEΛEYKEΩN ΠIEΡIAC above, ZEYC KACIOC below, tetrastyle temple, surmounted by eagle, containing the sacred stone of Zeus Kasios. Star in upper right field. Numeral letter Δ in lower right field. Paris 1384; ANS 1944.100.66600; Vienna GR21835; RPC IV.3 temp 3819. | Text | Image |
| BMC 49 | Septimius Severus AE21 of Seleukeia, Syria. AD 193-211. 7.92 g. AYTO KAI CEΠTI CEYHΡOC CE, laureate head right. / CEΛEYKEωN ΠIEΡIAC, filleted thunderbolt on table or stool. BMC 49; SNG Munich 998. | Text | Image |
| BMC 49 engraver error | Sept Severus, AE20 of Seleukeia, Syria. AD 193-211. 6.71 g. AYTO KAI CEΠTI CEYHΡOC CE, laureate head right. / CEΛEYKEωN ΠIEΡIAC (retrograde), thunderbolt on table or stool. Engravers error of BMC 49; SNG Munich 998; Morel Coll. sale 639 (1886). | Text | Image |
| Mionnet V, 905 | Septimius Severus AE22 of Seleukeia, Syria. AD 193-211. 6.45 g. AYT KAIC CEΠTIM CEOYH ΠEΡ, laureate head right. / CEΛEYKEΩ-N ΠIEΡIAC around, ZEYC KACIOC below, tetrastyle shrine containing baetyl of Zeus Kasios. Mionnet V, 905 var (AYT K not AYT KAIC); BMC 50 var (legends); Butcher 80 var (obv. legend). | Text | Image |
| BMC 51 | Caracalla and Julia Domna, AE22 of Seleucia, Syria. AVK M A ANTΩNINOC CE, Laureate head of Caracalla right / CEΛEYKIAK ΠIEΡIAC, Draped bust of Domna right, hair in bun behind. | Text | Image |
| BMC 52cf | Caracalla AE22 of Seleucia Pieria. Laureate, young bust right, wearing paludamentum and cuirass [Countermark GIC 719 - legionary?] / CEΛEYKEΩN ΠIEΡIAC, sacred stone of Zeus Kasios within tetrastyle temple, with eagle surmounting pediment. | Text | Image |
| BMC 53v | Caracalla AE 17mm of Seleukia Pieria. Laureate head right / Thunderbolt, with fillet attached, resting upon cushion placed on stool. | Text | Image |
| Prieur 1188 Bellinger 76 | Caracalla AR Tetradrachm of Seleukeia, Syria. AYT K MA ANTΩNEINOC CEB, Laureate head right / ΔHMAΡC EX YΠATO Δ, eagle standing facing on thunderbolt, head right, tail right, wreath in beak. Prieur 1188; Bellinger 76. | Text | Image |
| Prieur 1188 (2) | Caracalla AR Tetradrachm, Seleukeia, Syria. 211-217 AD. 15.08 g. 27 mm. AYT K M A ANTΩNEINOC CEB, laureate head right. / ΔHMAΡX EΞ YΠATO Δ, eagle standing front on thunderbolt, head right, tail right, wings spread, wreath in beak. Prieur 1188; Bellinger 76; Van Hoof, Syria hoard 90. | Text | Image |
| SNG Cop 408 | Caracalla, AE17 of Seleukeia, Syria. Laureate head right / Thunderbolt, with fillet attached, resting upon cushion placed on stool. | Text | Image |
| Lindgren 1215 | Geta AE 22mm of Seleukia Pieria, Syria. ΛOVKIC EΠTI ΓETAC..., Bare headed draped bust right / CEΛEYK-EΩN ΠIEΡ, sacred stone of Zeus Kasios in shrine. | Text | Image |
| BMC 57v | Elagabalus AE25, Seleukia Pieria, Syria. AYT K M ANTΩNICON, laureate, draped bust right / CEΛEVK..Stone of Zeus Kasios in four-columned temple, surmounted by eagle, dot and garlanded crescent in pediment. BMC 57V. | Text | Image |
| SNGCop 409cf | Elagabalus AE 31mm of Seleuceia, Syria. ANTΩNINOC AVT K ΔIMAP AV CE, radiate head left / CEΛEVKEΩN, thunderbolt on pulvinar (draped couch). | Text | Image |
| Prieur 1190 | Macrinus AR Tetradrachm of Seleukeia, Syria. AD 217-218. 24mm, 13.59 g. AYT K M OΠ CE MAKΡINOC CEB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. / ΔHMAΡX EΞ YΠATO, eagle standing front on thunderbolt with a wreath-like grip in the centre, head and tail right. Prieur 1190; Bellinger 78. | Text | Image |
| SGI 2955 | Macrinus AR Tetradrachm of Seleukia Pieria, Syria. AYT K M OΠ CE MAKΡINOC CEB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΔHMARX EΞ YΠATOC, eagle standing standing on thunderbolt, head right, wreath in beak. Prieur 1190, Bellinger 77. | Text | Image |
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