SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. Second satrapy and kingship, 312-281 BC. AR Drachm (15mm, 4.15 g, 1h). Susa mint. Struck circa 305/4-295 BC. VF.Triton XXVII Greek, Coin-in-Hand Video, Silver Sold For $ 1 600. 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 Drachm (15mm, 4.15 g, 1h). 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, Nike standing right, holding in both hands a wreath that she places on trophy to right; monograms to lower left and in lower middle field. SC 174.1 var. (monogram between); ESMS S-15 var. (same); Marest-Caffey Group 2.1 var. (same); ESM 427 var. (same); HGC 9, 34. Lightly toned. VF. Apparently unique, unpublished example with this monogram between Nike and the trophy. |