SELEUKID KINGDOM. Seleukos I Nikator (312-281 BC). AR, Tetradrachm. Arados.
Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.
Rev: BAΣIΛEΩΣ – ΣEΛEYKOY
Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre. AΣT in left field, A monogram below throne.
Newell, WSM 196, 1246. SNG Spaer 76. Scarce.
For the attribution to the mint of Arados, see A. Houghton, Arados not Marathus, Studies Price 146ss.
Condition: VF.
Weight: 15.80 g.
Diameter: 26.7 mm.