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SYRIA, SELEUKID KINGS. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-280 B.C. AR Stater - Double Shekel, Ba'al. Lion type. 16.11 gm. 23 mm. Bablyon, "Satrapal" workshop ca 311- 305 B.C. Ba'al seated left, on a throne, holdng a scepter / A lion walking left, an anchor horizontal above; no control mark. Houghton-Lorber 88 (a). Very Fine; attractive old toning. Exceptional pedigree.Ex Sir H. Weber Collection 1929 (8202) (photographed on Plate 302).As CNG has noted: "The 'lion staters' of Babylon were an important local component of Alexander the Great's eastern coinage. Based on a Cilician prototype, they were introduced by Alexander and survived for nearly half a century. Early issues belong to the Babylonian satrapies of Mazaeus (331-328) and his successor, Mazakes. The later issues with a pentagram or anchor above the lion were struck under Seleukos, who was satrap of Babylon from 321-317/6 and from 312 onward. Most scholars favor the second satrapy for Seleukos' lion staters. The denomination is usually described as a stater or tetradrachm, but most likely is a two-shekel [or double shekel] of the Babylonian standard of ca. 8.4 grams.