page_title: Seleucus III Ceraunus
hierarchical_section_title: Seleucus III Ceraunus
caption_attribution_description: English: SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Seleukos III Soter (Keraunos). 226-223 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.95 g, 12h). Antioch mint. Diademed head right / BASILEWS SELE-UKOU, Apollo Delphios seated left on omphalos, holding arrow in right hand, resting left on bow set on ground; monograms to outer left and right. SC 921.1; Le Rider, Antioche 31-79 (obv. die A3); WSM 1029. EF, a few light marks. From the Richard Winokur Collection.
context_page_description: Seleucus III Soter, called Seleucus Ceraunus, was a ruler of the Hellenistic Seleucid Kingdom, the eldest son of Seleucus II Callinicus and Laodice II.
context_section_description: Seleucus III Soter, called Seleucus Ceraunus (Greek: Σέλευκος Γ΄ ὁ Σωτήρ, ὁ Κεραυνός; c. 243 BC – April/June 223 BC, ruled December 225 – April/June 223 BC), was a ruler of the Hellenistic Seleucid Kingdom, the eldest son of Seleucus II Callinicus and Laodice II.
caption: Coin of Seleucus III. Greek inscription reads [Β]ΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ [Σ]ΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ (King Seleucus).
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