SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos III Soter (Keraunos). 225/4-222 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29.5mm, 17.05 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Karne mint. Dated CY 36 (of Arados, 224/3 BC). EF.

CNG Feature Auction 132
Lot: 496. Estimated: $ 1 000

Greek, 12h, Coin-in-Hand Video, Silver

Sold For $ 6 000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos III Soter (Keraunos). 225/4-222 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29.5mm, 17.05 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Karne mint. Dated CY 36 (of Arados, 224/3 BC). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, K(AP) above palm tree and cornucopia; Phoenician G below throne, 36 and ŠT (date, in Phoenician) in exergue. SC 929b var. (date); Duyrat, Ateliers 38 var. (same); Price 3432 var. (same); HGC 9, –; DCA2 778 var. (same). Underlying luster. EF. Extremely rare; no examples in SCO, Pella, CoinArchives, nor acsearch.

This coin was part of a joint issue of the cities of the Aradian Peraia (Arados, Balaneia, Karne, Gabala, Marathos, and Simyra), that may have been used to help finance Seleukos’ campaign in Asia Minor to recover the Seleukid territories that were lost to Attalos I during the reign of Seleukos II.

The only known example of SC 929b, referenced by all publications, is a coin in Henri Seyrig’s photofile in the ANS. This coin is otherwise unpublished, and it is questionable whether this photo still exists. Interestingly, F. Duyrat, in her article on the mints of northern Phoenicia in the Hellenistic period, does not cite the dies for that coin, which suggests that she was unable to locate this photo (the present cataloger was also unable to find it). Perhaps the citation in Price, to Seyrig’s photofile, is erroneous. In any event, it is thus possible, given the change in letter below the throne, that that coin likewise was dated CY 36, as here, and has been erroneously read as CY 35, which is not a difficult error to make.

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