SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. Second satrapy and kingship, 312-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 16.81 g, 10h). Uncertain mint in Persis. Struck circa 295-281 BC. VF.

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Lot: 241.
Closing Date: May 1 2024 10:00 ET

Greek, Silver

Estimate: $ 1 500

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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. Second satrapy and kingship, 312-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 16.81 g, 10h). Uncertain mint in Persis. Struck circa 295-281 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 in both hands a wreath that she places on trophy to right; H to lower left, DW(?) (in Aramaic) in lower middle field. SC 195; HGC 9, 21. Toned, clear Aramaic graffiti (hšy gdn? = Hāshāy [the/is] Fortunate?) in field on obverse. VF. Extremely rare, two noted in SC, including the sole example in SCO; one additional in CoinArchives, one in the forthcoming CNG 126.


Closing Date and Time: 1 May 2024 at 11:20:00 ET.

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