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Lot nuber 179

SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. Second satrapy and kingship, 312-281 BC. AR Drachm (15mm, 4.25 g, 5h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Susa mint. Group 3A, circa 297/7-295/4 BC.


Electronic Auction 498
Lot: 179.
 Estimated: $ 150

Greek, Silver

Sold For $ 350. 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, 4.25 g, 5h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Susa mint. Group 3A, circa 297/7-295/4 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; [monogram in left field], AP below throne. SC 166.3; ESMS S-41; Price –; HGC 9, 27c; G.K. Jenkins, "Coin hoards from Pasargadae" in Iran III (1965), p. 49, 3 (same dies). Attractively toned, some porosity, off center on reverse. VF. Very rare.

From the BRN Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 354 (1 July 2015), lot 209.

It is unknown why Price did not include this issue in his tome on Alexander, as Jenkins' report of this issue dated to 1965, and was surely reported again in Jenkins' catalog of the Pasargadae coins in Stronach's volume on the excavations there in 1978. The omission, though likely an oversight by Price, suggests that the issue is very rare, and not represented in other sources consulted by Price.

Closing Date and Time: 18 August 2021 at 10:59:20 ET.

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