Watch List notes:

SELEUKID KINGS OF SYRIA. Seleukos II Kallinikos, 246-225 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 32 mm, 16.91 g, 12 h), a contemporary imitation from an irregular mint. Diademed head of Seleukos II to right. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ - ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ Apollo standing left, extending his right hand and leaning left on tripod; to inner left, AΣ above Λ. SC -. WSM 1639 and pl. LXXX, 2 (same dies). A lovely imitation with a charming portrait and a curiously crude reverse. Die break on the obverse and with faint cleaning scratches, otherwise, about extremely fine.


From the collection of Regierungsrat Dr. iur. Hans Krähenbühl, privately acquired from Bank Leu on 26 March 1991 (with a photocopy of the original invoice and original dealer's ticket enclosed) and ex Numismatic Fine Arts IV, 24-25 March 1977, 352.