Nomos AG
Auction 22 22 Jun 2021
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Seleukos I Nikator, 312-281 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 24 mm, 17.07 g, 8 h), Susa, 305/4-295. Bust of Alexander the Great as Dionysos to right, wearing helmet covered with a panther skin and adorned with a bull's horn and ear, and with a panthers's skin tied around his shoulders. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ Nike standing to right, using both hands to place a wreath on the helmet at the top of a trophy to right; in the lower left field, monogram of AP; between Nike's feet and the trophy, monogram of ΠΑ. ESMS Tr. 106 var (A63/P-). Marest-Caffey Group 1.11, 178-80 var (A25/R-). SC 173.15. Struck from dies of the finest style, very well-struck and dramatically toned. Good extremely fine.
Selections from an Important American Collection.
Seleukos I Nikator, 312-281 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 24 mm, 17.07 g, 8 h), Susa, 305/4-295. Bust of Alexander the Great as Dionysos to right, wearing helmet covered with a panther skin and adorned with a bull's horn and ear, and with a panthers's skin tied around his shoulders. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ Nike standing to right, using both hands to place a wreath on the helmet at the top of a trophy to right; in the lower left field, monogram of AP; between Nike's feet and the trophy, monogram of ΠΑ. ESMS Tr. 106 var (A63/P-). Marest-Caffey Group 1.11, 178-80 var (A25/R-). SC 173.15. Struck from dies of the finest style, very well-struck and dramatically toned. Good extremely fine.
Selections from an Important American Collection.