Seleucus II, Kallinikos
246 to 226 BC
Seleucus II Kallinikos or Pogon(meaning "beautiful victor" and "bearded"), was a ruler of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire, who reigned from 246 to 225 BC. He was proclaimed king by his mother, Laodice, while her partisans at Antioch murdered her son. 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. 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. 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. 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. He was succeeded by his elder son, Seleucus III Ceraunus, and later by his younger son Antiochus III the Great.
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Seleucus II Mint: Antioch AE 19 246 to 226 BC Obvs: Helmeted bust of Athena within border. Revs: BAΣIΛIEΩΣ ΣEΛEYKOY Nike holding wreath. Δ ΣA to left 19mm, 8.8g $45.00 Order # G 137 Ref: SNG Isr.63.418, SC vol.1 260.713B(1) Qty Shipping amount