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Electronic Auction 462  26 Feb 2020
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Lot 148

Estimate: 150 USD
Price realized: 110 USD
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Hemidrachm (14mm, 1.98 g, 4h). Uncertain mint 19 (Mint A) in Baktria (Baktra?). Struck circa 288/7-281 BC. Laureate head of Zeus right / Athena, brandishing spear, shield on left arm, in biga of elephants right; anchor and monogram above, monogram-in-circle to lower right. SC 263; SMAK MAHD-2 var. (unlisted dies); cf. HGC 9, 47 (unlisted issue). Granular surfaces, patches of thick find patina, die break on obverse. VF. Extremely rare, the eighth known hemidrachm for Seleukos at this mint.
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