Editing Antiochus II Theos (section)

==Eastern affairs==
Very little is known about any Antiochus II's activities in regards to the eastern [[Upper Satrapies]] such as [[Media (region)|Media]], [[Parthia]], [[Bactria]] or [[Persis]]. Chiefly preoccupied with conflicts in the Eastern Mediterranean and with family issues, Antiochus II seems to resorted to appointing independent-minded men such like [[Diodotus I|Diodotus]] and [[Andragoras (Seleucid satrap)|Andragoras]] as satraps in the area. These two appointments eventually resulted in the creation of the independent [[Greco-Bactrian Kingdom]] and the [[Parthian Empire]] respectively. There is also a marked decline in quantity of Antiochus II's coinage in Bactria when compared to that of his father, which had been interpreted variously in scholarship. It has been claimed that ambitious satraps may have taken advantage of Antiochus II's absenteeism to gradually weaken their ties with the central government even in Antiochus II's lifetime without outwardly proclaiming independence. However, posthumous coinage of a popular king was a relatively common practice in the [[Hellenistic Age]] and Antiochus II may have minted coins in the name of his half-[[Sogdia]]n father in order to legitimize both himself and his dynasty.<ref>F. L. Holt 1999, Thundering Zeus, Berkeley.</ref>