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SELEUKID KINGS OF SYRIA. Seleukos II Kallinikos, 246-226 BC. (Bronze, 17 mm, 5.85 g, 3 h), Nisibis. Jugate heads of the Dioskouroi to right, each wearing a laureate pileus. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ Anchor; to left, monogram; to right, bridled and horned horse's head right. HGC 9, 355 (R2). SC 756. WSM 815. Very rare. Brown patina. Very fine.
From the Thomas Kirby Collection, USA.
Refounded by Seleukos I as a military colony, Nisibis lay on the route between Antioch and Ekbatana. No coins were struck at there before the reign of Seleukos II, who probably used the city as a staging point in his campaign to recover Parthia after it was overrun by Arsakes I in circa 238. The bronzes from the mint feature strongly bevelled obverse edges and loose dies, and all but one issue show the jugate busts of the Dioskouroi.
From the Thomas Kirby Collection, USA.
Refounded by Seleukos I as a military colony, Nisibis lay on the route between Antioch and Ekbatana. No coins were struck at there before the reign of Seleukos II, who probably used the city as a staging point in his campaign to recover Parthia after it was overrun by Arsakes I in circa 238. The bronzes from the mint feature strongly bevelled obverse edges and loose dies, and all but one issue show the jugate busts of the Dioskouroi.