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LOT 2948
Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
Seleucid Empire, Seleukos I Nikator AR Tetradrachm. Second satrapy and kingship, 312-281 BC.
Seleukeia on the Tigris II mint. Struck circa 296/5-281 BC. Laureate head of Zeus right / [ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ] ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ, Athena, brandishing spear, shield on left arm, in quadriga of elephants to right; above, AYPH monogram beneath shield, Θ to right of anchor. SC 130.43a; ESM 122; HGC 9, 18a. 16.90gr, 25mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine. Die break on obverse.
PROVENANCE:
Private collection of a North London lady before 2000.
Property of a London gentleman.
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