Published in SC II
369, Lot: 211. Estimate $200. Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Obol (10.5mm, 0.67 g, 12h). Susa mint. Struck circa 305/4-295 BC. Head of hero (Alexander or Seleukos?) right, wearing helmet covered with panther skin and adorned with the ear and horns of a bull / Nike standing right, holding wreath that she places on trophy to right; Boeotian shield in lower middle field, AI monogram to lower right. SC Ad86 (this coin referenced and illustrated); ESMS –; HGC 9, 49. VF, find patina. Extremely rare with these control marks.
Ex Gorny & Mosch 142 (10 October 2005), lot 1620.