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Auction 117  19-20 May 2021
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Lot 262

Estimate: 500 USD
Price realized: 2000 USD
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. Second satrapy and kingship, 312-281 BC. AR Hemidrachm (14.5mm, 1.99 g, 1h). Susa mint. Struck circa 305/4-295 BC. Head of hero (Alexander or Seleukos?) right, wearing helmet covered with panther skin and adorned with the ear and horns of a bull / Nike standing right, holding wreath that she places on trophy to right; H to lower left, AX in lower middle field. SC 175.3; ESMS S-32; Marest-Caffey Group 3.3, 260 (A4/P5); ESM 419; HGC 9, 49. Traces of find patina on reverse, countermark and light cleaning marks at edge of obverse. Good VF. Extremely rare, only seven examples recorded, one additional in CoinArchives.

From the MNL Collection, purchased from Frank Kovacs, 4 June 2013.
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