SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos II Kallinikos. 246-225 BC. AV Stater (18.5mm, 8.46 g, 12h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Struck circa 244-225 BC.Triton XXIII – Session Two – Greek Coinage Part II through Roman Imperial Coinage Part I Greek, Gold Sold For $ 65 000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos II Kallinikos. 246-225 BC. AV Stater (18.5mm, 8.46 g, 12h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Struck circa 244-225 BC. Diademed head right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΣEΛ-EYKOY, Apollo, nude, standing left, testing arrow held in his right hand, leaning on bow held in his left hand and set on ground to right; P to inner left. SC 687.4; Le Rider, Antioche 6–8 (A1/P4); WSM 995α–β (same dies); HGC 9, 299b; de Luynes 3281 (same dies); Gulbenkian 1025 (same dies). Fully lustrous. Superb EF. Well struck on a broad flan. Extremely rare, only three noted by Le Rider, none in CoinArchives. |