The enigmatic Philip III issue of Seleukeia on Tigris

Authors :: Lloyd Walter Hart Taylor
Source :: Lloyd W. H. Taylor
Publication Year :: 2022
Publisher :: Zenodo, 2022.
Abstract: This study establishes that the die linked tetradrachm issues of SC 118 in the name of Philip III and SC 117.7 in the name of Seleukos were struck simultaneously at Seleukeia on Tigris. The issue in the name of Philip III was struck from purpose cut dies, an intentional posthumous issue, obverse die linked to a simultaneous issue in the name of Seleukos. A parallel emission of die linked tetradrachms in the names of Philip and Seleukos also occurred at Uncertain Mint 6A (Opis) in Babylonia, a short distance from Seleukeia on Tigris. This is a chronological peg that associates the issues from the two mints. It suggests that the emission from Seleukeia on Tigris accompanied the acclamation of the Seleukos as king, coincident with the inauguration of the mint at his new foundation in c. 304/3 BC. https://numismatics.org.au/naa-journal/volume-31-2021-2022/<br />https://numismatics.org.au/naa-journal/volume-31-2021-2022/