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The Early Seleukids, their Gods
and their Coins
Before Alexander, the Near East was ruled by dynasts who could draw on the
significant resources and power base of their homeland, but this was not the case
for the Seleukids who never controlled their original homeland of Macedon.
The
Early Seleukids, their Gods and their Coins
argues that rather than projecting
an imperialistic Greek image of rule, the Seleukid kings deliberately produced
images that represented their personal power, and that were comprehensible to
the majority of their subjects within their own cultural traditions. These images
relied heavily on the syncretism between Greek and local gods, in particular their
ancestor Apollo.
The Early Seleukids, their Gods and their Coins
examines how the Seleukids,
from Seleukos I to Antiochos IV, used coinage to propagandise their governing
ideology. It offers a valuable resource to students of the Seleukids and of Hellenistic
kingship more broadly, numismatics, and the interplay of ancient Greek religion
and politics.
Kyle Erickson
is the Assistant Dean of Faculty for the Faculty of Humanities and
Performing Arts at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David, UK. His primary
research interest is the political and cultural interactions between the Greek world
and the Near East. He is interested in connections between divinity, legitimacy, and
power. As a result, his work has concentrated on the numismatic representation of
divine
fi
gures and their potential multicultural interpretations. His current research
explores the iconography of the Seleukid empire, the creation of ruler cult in Asia
Minor during the Hellenistic period, problems of Hellenistic kingship. He is also
interested in the development of the Alexander legends and the potential existence
of a Seleukos romance.
The Early Seleukids, their
Gods and their Coins
Kyle Erickson
First published 2019
by Routledge
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© 2019 Kyle Erickson
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by him in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents
Act 1988.
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ISBN: 978-0-415-79376-6 (hbk)
ISBN: 978-1-315-21090-2 (ebk)
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