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Auction 100 - Part 2  7 October 2015
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Lot 1560

Estimate: 7500 USD
Price realized: 11 000 USD
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SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AV Stater (18mm, 8.57 g, 3h). In the types of Alexander III of Macedon. Seleukeia on the Tigris mint II. Struck circa 296/5–281 BC. Helmeted head of Athena right, serpent on helmet / Nike standing right, holding wreath and cradling stylis; monogram left wing, Θ below right wing. SC 138.5 var. = ESM 121A var. = Baron von Koehne, "Brief an Herrn, A. von Rauch" in Mémoires de la Société Impériale d'archéologie de St. Pétersbourg, p. 21, 10 var. (monogram); HGC 9, 4e. EF, a touch of die rust, minor flan flaw on reverse. Extremely rare, only the A. von Rauch example published of this issue, this variety unknown.

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