Seleukos II, Kallinikos Seleucid Kingdom 246BC Athena & Nike Greek Coin i22774

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Greek Seleucid Kingdom
Seleukos II, Kallinikos – King: 246-226 B.C.
Bronze 16mm (6.96 grams)  Struck circa: 246-226 B.C.
Reference: Sear 6910
Head of Athena right, in crested Corinthian helmet.
ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ either side of Nike standing left, holding palm and crowning
large anchor before her; EY in field to left, monogram to right.

The elder son of Antiochos II and Laodike, Seleukos spent much much of his reign
in conflict with his younger brother, Antiochos Hierax, who ruled independently
in Asia Minor. Seleukos was killed by a fall from his horse after a troubled
reign of twenty years.

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Seleucus II Callinicus or Pogon (Greek:
Σέλευκος Β’ Καλλίνικος , the epithets meaning “beautiful victor” and “bearded”,
respectively), was a ruler of the
Hellenistic

Seleucid Empire
, who reigned from 246 to 225 BC. After the death of this
father,
Antiochus
, he was proclaimed king by his mother,
Laodice

in
Ephesos
, while her partisans at
Antioch

murdered
Berenice
and her son, another Antiochus.

This dynastic feud began the
Third Syrian War
.
Ptolemy III
, who was Berenice’s brother and the ruler of Egypt, invaded the
Seleucid Empire and marched victoriously to the Tigris or beyond. He received
the submission of the Seleucid Empire’s eastern provinces, while Egyptian fleets
swept the coast of
Asia Minor
.

Seleucus managed to maintain himself in the interior of Asia Minor. When
Ptolemy returned to Egypt, Seleucus recovered Northern Syria and the nearer
provinces of Iran
.
However,
Antiochus Hierax
, a younger brother of Seleucus, was set up as a rival in
Asia Minor against Seleucus by a party to which Laodice herself adhered.

At
Ancyra
(about 235 BC) Seleucus sustained a crushing defeat and left the
country beyond the
Taurus
to his brother and the other powers of the peninsula. Seleucus then
undertook an
anabasis
to regain
Parthia
, the
results of which came to nothing. According to some sources, he was even taken
prisoner for several years by the Parthian king. Other sources mention that he
established a peace with
Arsaces I
, who recognized his sovereignty.

In Asia Minor,
Pergamon

now rose to greatness under
Attalus I
.
Antiochus Hierax, after a failed attempt to seize his brother’s dominions when
his own were vanishing, perished as a fugitive in
Thrace
in 228
or 227 BC.

About a year later, Seleucus was killed by a fall from his horse. Seleucus II
married his cousin
Laodice II
,
by whom he had five children and among them were:
Antiochis
,
Seleucus III Ceraunus
and
Antiochus III the Great
. He was succeeded by his elder son,
Seleucus III Ceraunus
, and later by his younger son
Antiochus III the Great
.

 External links

• Seleucus II Callinicus
  entry in historical sourcebook by Mahlon H. Smith

This
article incorporates text from a publication now in the
public domain
: Chisholm,
Hugh, ed (1911).
Encyclopædia Britannica
(11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.