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LOT 3225
Seleukid Empire, Seleukos I Nikator, second satrapy and kingship AR Tetradrachm. Struck circa 311-308/5 BC. Uncertain mint 6A, in Bablyonia. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon.
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΒΑΣIΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔ[ΡΟΥ], Zeus seated to left on high-backed throne, legs spread, his feet resting on low foot rest, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; anchor and monogram of EΠΡ in left field, K beneath throne. SC 67.5c; Price 3437 (Marathus); HGC 9, 10d. Near Very Fine.(17.16gr, 27mm, 3h.).
Provenance
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3225
Seleukid Empire, Seleukos I Nikator, second satrapy and kingship AR Tetradrachm.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
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