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1 online resource (205 pages) |
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Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of figures; Preface and acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; Seleukid ideology and culture; Legitimacy; Propaganda; The Seleukid court; Mechanisms of Seleukid propaganda; Coinage; Who controlled the images on coins?; How were coins disseminated?; Reactions to coins; Choice of coin images; Modern study of coinage; Literary and epigraphic sources; Structure and argument; 1 Creation of an empire; A new Alexander? The first attempt at a Seleukid image; Seleukos: founder of cities; His own Zeus; The bull-horned king |
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The horned horsemanCreating Seleukos 'the king': the anchor and a horned horse; Failure of an image: the Medusa/bull coinage; Passing on the diadem; 2 The creation of a Seleukid deity; Seleukos, Antiochos, and Apollo: the creation of a divine genealogy; Apollo, Asia Minor and the Seleukids; Apollo and the Syrian tetrapolis; The Babylonian policy of Antiochos I; Antiochos I, Apollo, and Iranian kingship; 3 Continuity and rebellion: developments in Seleukid ideology; The development of a Seleukid Apollo; Antiochos II; Seleukos II; Seleukos III; Antiochos III; Seleukos IV |
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Antiochos Soter coinageConclusions; Deviation from Apollo; Herakles and Asia Minor; Seleukos II's victory imagery; Group I (horse/horseman type); Group II (elephant); Group III (Nike); Antiochos III and the army; Rebels, usurpers, and Seleukid kingship; Antiochos Hierax; Achaios and Molon; 4 A new start?; Antiochos IV and his rise to power; Antiochos IV and Apollo; Antiochos and Zeus; Antiochos IV, Koile Syria and Egypt; Conclusion; Conclusion; Index |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Coins, Ancient -- Syria
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Coins, Greek -- Syria
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Numismatics, Greek -- Syria -- History
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Seleucids -- History
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Seleucids -- Religion
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Antiquities
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Coins, Ancient
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Coins, Greek
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Numismatics, Greek
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Seleucids
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| SUBJECT |
Syria -- Antiquities.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85131693
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| Subject |
Syria
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781351811088 |
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1351811088 |
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9781315210902 |
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1315210908 |
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9781351811064 |
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1351811061 |
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9781351811071 |
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135181107X |
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