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CIVIC AND SEMI-AUTONOMOUS COINAGE
BMC 5Syria, Seleukeia Pieria. Municipal issue under Seleukos I, 312-280 BC. AE 22mm. Laureate head of Zeus right / SELEUKEWN, thunderbolt; monogram below. SNGIs 38. TextFull Size
BMC 6Syria, Seleuikis and Pieria autonomous coinage of the Tetrapolis of Seleucia (Antioch, Seleukeia, Laodikeia and Apameia). AE19. 149-147 BC. Laureate head of Zeus right / ADELFWN DHMWN above and below thunderbolt. Date ECR and monogram in field above, another monogram below, all within laurel wreath. BMC 6; Sear 5851.1 example
BMC 7Syria, Seleukis & Pieria. Seleukia Pieria. Circa 2nd Century BC. AE 21mm. Laureate head of Zeus right / SELEUKEWN TWN EM PIERIAI, winged thunderbolt; monogram & two pilei above, B & monogram below. SNG Cop 392. TextFull Size
BMC 13vSyria, Seleukeia. Circa 147-146 BC. AE 20mm. Laureate head of Zeus right / Thunderbolt; CEP above, BY & BD monograms below. TextFull Size
BMC 14Seleucia Pieria, Syria. 2nd. century BC. Head of Apollo right, quiver at neck / SELEUKEWN TWN EM PIERIAI to left and right of tripod altar. BMC 14.TextFull Size
BMC 31Syria, Seleucia. AE21. Legate C. Julius Commodus Orfitianus. Year 188 of the local era = 157 AD. EPI KOMODOU PR, female bust (Tyche of Seleucia) right, wearing turreted head-dress and veil, palm-branch behind head, border of dots / CELEUKEWN THC IERAC KAI AUTONOMOY above and beneath thunderbolt, with fillet attached, on cushion placed on stool. TextFull Size
Mionnet 2Syria, Seleukis and Pieria. Year 165 (148/147 BC). AE 20mm. Jugate, laureate and bearded head right (Antioch and Seleukia?) / ADELFWN right, DHMWN left, Tyche standing left, raising right hand and holding double cornucopiae in left; date EXR in ex. Mionnet Supp. 8, 2.TextFull Size
Mionnet 844Seleucia, Syria, AE 20mm, 6,92gr. EPI KOMODOU PR, Turreted and veiled bust of Tyche left, palm branch behind head / CELEUKEWN.. above and beneath thunderbolt, with fillet attached, on cushion placed on stool. Date below. BMC 31 var (Tyche right); Plant 2336; Mionnet V 844.TextFull Size
RPC 4327Syria, Seleukis and Pieria. Seleukia Pieria. AE 19mm. Diademed head of Zeus right / Turreted head of Tyche right, within wreath. BMC 28. TextFull Size
RPC 4327vSyria, Seleukis and Pieria. Seleukia Pieria. AE 19mm. Diademed head of Zeus right / Turreted & veiled head of Tyche right. Lindgren I A2138A.TextFull Size
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SNGCop 392Syria, Seleukeia Pieria, Municipal Issue, circa 2nd Century BC. AE 21mm. Laureate head of Zeus right / Winged thunderbolt; monogram & two pilei above, B & monogram below; all within laurel wreath. BMC 7ff. TextFull Size
SNGIs 37 Syria, Seleukeia Piereia AE23mm. Civic issue from time of Seleukos I, 312-280 BC. Laureate head of Zeus right / Winged thunderbolt left; monogram below. WSM 896, SNG Copenhagen 388, SC -. TextFull Size
Sear #5887Syria, Seleukeia. After 109/108 B.C. AR Tetradrachm. Veiled and turreted bust of Tyche right / Thunderbolt, with fillet, on cushion placed on stool; all within laurel-wreath.
Sear #5890Syria, Seleukeia Pieria AE21. 2nd Century BC. Head of Zeus right / SELEUKEWN above winged thunderbolt, monogram in circle below. BMC 1.
AUGUSTUS
RPC 4328Augustus AR Tetradrachm of Seleucia Piereia, Syria. Dated Year 114 = 6 AD. KAISAROS SEBASTOY, laureate head right / SELEUKEWN THS IERAS KAI AYTONOMOY A-H, thunderbolt on throne, date IDP below, all in wreath. BMC 32, SGI 112. TextImageImage
TIBERIUS
RPC 4330Tiberius AE26 (8 Chalkoi?) of Seleukia Pieria, Syria. 16/17 AD. Magistrate Q Caeculius Metellus Creticus Silanus. SEBASTOS SEBASTOV KAISAP, bare head right / EPISI / LANOV / ANTIO / XEWN, four lines across field, above G, beneath ZM, all within laurel wreath. SGI 292, BMC 33-34. TextImage
TRAJAN
BMC 36cfTrajan AE 20mm of Seleukia Pieria, Syria. AVTOKP KAIC NEP TPAIANOC APICT GEPM DAK, laureate head right / CELEVKEWN PEIEPIAC, ZEYC/KACIOC in ex, sacred stone of Zeus Kasios in shrine. SNGCop 403. TextImage
BMC 40Trajan, AE25. Seleucia Pieria, Syria. AVTOK KAIC NER TRAIANOC ARICT CEB GERM DAK, laureate head right / CELEYKEWN PEIERIAC 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.TextFull Size
BMC 41Trajan AE 25mm of Seleucia Pieria. Laureate head right / Simulacrum of Zeus Kasios in tetrastyle shrine. TextImage
BMC 44Trajan AE 25mm of Syria, Seleukis and Pieria. Seleukia Pieria. Laureate head right / Sacred stone of Zeus Kasios in tetrastyle shrine, with pyramidal roof surmounted by eagle. TextImage
CARACALLA
Bellinger 76Caracalla AR Tetradrachm of Seleucia Pieria, Syria. Laureate head right / DEMARC EX UPATO C, eagle standing facing on thunderbolt, head right with wreath in its beak. TextImageImage
BMC 51Caracalla & Julia Domna, AE22 of Seleucia, Syria. Laureate head of Caracalla right / Draped bust of Domna right, hair in bun behind. TextImageImage
BMC 52cfCaracalla AE22 of Seleucia Pieria. Laureate, young bust right, wearing paludamentum & cuirass [Countermark GIC 719 - legionary?] / CELEVKEWN PIEPIAC, sacred stone of Zeus Kasios within tetrastyle temple, with eagle surmounting pediment. TextImage
BMC 53vCaracalla AE 17mm of Seleukia Pieria. Laureate head right / CELEUKEWN PIERAC, Thunderbolt, with fillet attached, resting upon cushion placed on stool. TextImage
SNG Cop 408Syria, Seleukis & Pieria. Seleukia Pieria. Caracalla AE 17mm. Laureate head right / Thunderbolt, with fillet attached, resting upon cushion placed on stool. TextImage
GETA
Lindgren 1215Geta AE 22mm of Seleukia Pieria, Syria. LOVKIC EPTI GETAC..., Bare headed draped bust right / CELEUK-EWN PICP, sacred stone of Zeus Kasios in shrine. TextImage
ELAGABALUS
SNGCop 409cf Elagabalus AE 31mm of Seleuceia, Syria. ANTWNINOC AVT K DIMAP AV CE, radiate head left / CELEVKEWN, thunderbolt on pulvinar (draped couch). TextFull Size
BMC 57vElagabalus AE25, Seleukia Pieria, Syria. AYT K M ANTWNICON, laureate, draped bust right / CELEVK..Stone of Zeus Kasios in four-columned temple, surmounted by eagle, dot and garlanded crescent in pediment. BMC 57V. TextFull Size
MACRINUS
SGI 2955Macrinus AR Tetradrachm of Seleukia Pieria, Syria. AVT K M OP CE MAKPINOC CEB, laureate, draped & cuirassed bust right / DHMARC EX VPATOC, eagle standing standing on thunderbolt, head right, wreath in beak. Prieur 1190, Bellinger 77. TextImage
See also: Perseus Project database, coins of Seleukia
Entry for Syria, Seleukeia on the Digital Historia Numorum
Search for Seleucia in the British SNG Volumes' Database at the Fitzwilliam Museum
Search for Seleukeia at AncientImports.com
Search for Seleukeia at Incitatus Coins

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