Savoca Coins
Online Auction 26 | Silver 14 Oct 2018
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Seleukid Kingdom. Seleukeia on Tigris. Seleukos I Nikator 312-281 BC. In the types of Alexander III of Macedon. Struck circa 300-296/5 BC
Tetradrachm AR
24mm., 17,11g.
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ [Σ]ΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ, Zeus seated left on high-backed throne, right leg drawn back, holding long scepter in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing right with closed wings, monogram in left field, ΔI below throne.
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SC 117c; Newell, ESM 4.
Tetradrachm AR
24mm., 17,11g.
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ [Σ]ΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ, Zeus seated left on high-backed throne, right leg drawn back, holding long scepter in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing right with closed wings, monogram in left field, ΔI below throne.
very fine
SC 117c; Newell, ESM 4.