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Electronic Auction 463  11 Mar 2020
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Lot 111

Estimate: 150 USD
Price realized: 160 USD
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Hemidrachm (14.5mm, 1.93 g, 12h). 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 (α2/π2); cf. HGC 9, 47 (unlisted issue). Much find patina remaining, some roughness, double struck on reverse. VF. Extremely rare, the ninth known hemidrachm for Seleukos at this mint.
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