Category Archives: Philetairos

The Humble Coinage of the First Seleucid King

Seleucus I Nicator, the founder of the Seleucid Empire, never put his own portrait on the empire’s coinage. Why?   By Tyler Rossi for CoinWeek …..   Since coins were one of the most effective tools for mass propaganda in the pre-modern world, it quickly became standard practice for a ruler to put their likeness […]

The post The Humble Coinage of the First Seleucid King appeared first on CoinWeek.

Continue Reading on CoinWeek