SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. Second satrapy and kingship, 312-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27.5mm, 17.02 g, 12h). Susa mint. Struck circa 305/4-295 BC. Good VF.Triton XXVI Greek, 12h, Silver Sold For $ 2 750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. Second satrapy and kingship, 312-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27.5mm, 17.02 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 / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΣEΛEYKOY (both Ys inverted), Nike standing right, holding in both hands a wreath that she places on trophy to right; H to lower left, AX in lower middle field. SC 173.12; ESMS Tr.73–4 var. (A51/P– [unlisted rev. die]); Marest-Caffey Group 1.9, 129–46 var. (A21/P– [unlisted rev. die]); ESM 417 (unlisted dies); HGC 9, 20. Iridescent tone, slightly off center. Good VF. Rare mint error. |