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LOT 2950

Seleukid Empire, Seleukos I Nikator AR Tetradrachm. Second satrapy and kingship, 312-281 BC.

Babylon I mint; circa 311-300 BC. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΒΑΣIΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on high-backed throne, right leg drawn back, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings, monogram in wreath in left field, MI beneath throne. SC 82.5b; Price 3747; Müller 734; HGC 9, 10f. Near Very Fine.(17.02gr, 26mm, 5h). [No Reserve]

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Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.

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LOT 2950

Seleukid Empire, Seleukos I Nikator AR Tetradrachm.

Sold for (Inc. bp): £156

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