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Auction XXV  22-23 Sep 2022
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Lot 493

Estimate: 1250 GBP
Price realized: 1400 GBP
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Seleukid Empire, Seleukos I Nikator AR Tetradrachm. In the types of Alexander III of Macedon. Laodikeia, circa 300-281 BC. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; BAΣIΛEΩΣ below, ΣEΛEYKOY to right, dolphin to left above monogram in left field, monogram below throne. SC 36.6a; Houghton, Early, Series II, Group 7 (A9/P7 - this coin); WSM 1204; HGC 9, 9b. 16.76g, 31mm, 7h.

Near Extremely Fine. Very Rare.

This coin published in A. Houghton, The Early Seleucid Mint of Laodicea ad Mare (c. 300-246 BC), Travaux de Numismatique Grecque offerts a Georges Le Rider (London. 1999);
Ex Schweizerische Kreditanstalt (Crédit Suisse), Auction 8, 27 October 1987, lot 859;
Ex Numismatik Lanz München, Auction 40, 25 May 1987, lot 380.
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