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LOT 3220
Seleukid Empire, Seleukos I Nikator AE 25mm. Circa 300-281 BC. Quasi-autonomous municipal issue of Seleukeia Pieria.
Laureate head of Zeus to right / Winged thunderbolt; [ΣΕΛΕYΚEΩN] to right, monogram within circle to left. HGC 9, 1384. Fine.(13.73gr, 25mm.).
Provenance
Ex Münzzentrum Rheinland.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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