Silver tetradrachm of Seleucus IV, minted in Ptolemais-Ake, featuring a portrait of Seleucus on the obverse. SC 1331a
Basileus of the Seleucid Empire
Reign
3 July 187 – 3 September 175 BC
Predecessor
Antiochus III the Great
Successor
Antiochus
Born
c. 218 BC
Died
3 September 175 BC (aged 42–43)
Spouse
Laodice IV
Issue
Antiochus Demetrius I Soter Laodice V
Dynasty
Seleucid
Father
Antiochus III the Great
Mother
Laodice III
Seleucus IV Philopator[1] (Greek: Σέλευκος Φιλοπάτωρ; c. 218 – 3 September 175 BC),[2][3] ruler of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire, reigned from 187 BC to 175 BC over a realm consisting of Syria (now including Cilicia and Judea), Mesopotamia, Babylonia and Nearer Iran (Media and Persia).
^"Philopator — definition, examples, related words and more at Wordnik".
^"Seleucus IV Philopator". Livius.org.
^Encyclopædia Britannica, Vol. 20 (1973), p. 190
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