1655 GR SELEUKOS I Nikator 312BC Authentic Ancient SELEUKID AE14 Coin - Collectible for History Enthusiasts & Ancient Coin Collections

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SELEUKOS I Nikator 312BC Genuine Ancient SELEUKID Greek Coin MEDUSA BULL i100508 i100508 Authentic Ancient Coin of:Greek Coin of Seleukid KingdomSeleukos I Nikator - King: 312-280 B.C. Bronze 14mm (2.20 grams) Struck circa 312-280 B.C.Reference: HGC 9, 107; Sear 6852 var.Winged head of Medusa right, serpents in hair. / EYKOY above and beneath humped bull butting right.Destined to be the longest-surviving of the 'Successors' of Alexander, Seleukos had a difficult time establishing his power. Allotted the satrapy of Babylon in 321 B.C. he was ousted from this position five years later, by Antigonos the One-eyed, and fled to his friend Ptolemy in Egypt. In 312 B.C. he regained Babylon and it is from this even that the Seleukid Era is dated. Seleukos gradually consolidated his power and in 305 B.C. took the title of King. From 305-3 he campaigned in the east, extending his rule as far as India. With his defeat of Lysimachos in 281 he became master of the whole of Alexander's empire, except Egypt; but the following year he was assassinated by Ptolemy Keraunos, a renegade son of his late friend, the King of Egypt. The territorial extent of this might realm varied greatly from period to period. At its zenith, under Seleukos I and Antiochos I, it compromised almost the whole of Alexander's conquests, except Egypt. In the mid-3rd century the easternmost provinces were lost when both Baktria and Parthia achieved independence. Antiochos III, the Great, attempted to regain the lost territories, but he was only partially successful and in 190 B.C. he was defeated by the Romans at the battle of Magnesia. This destroyed the Seleukid power in Asia Minor, their former possessions passed to Rome's ally, the Kingdom of Pergamon. The Seleukid Kingdom, now restricted to Syria and the surrounding area, maintained a precarious existence until 64 B.C. when it fin