Numismatica Ars Classica
Auction 138 18-19 May 2023
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Tetradrachm, Seleucia on Tigris circa 296-281, AR 16.34 g. Laureate head of Zeus r. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ – ΣEΛEYKOY Athena, brandishing spear, shield on l. arm, in quadriga of elephants r.; above, anchor, in inner l. field, monogram and below, monogram. ESM 49. SC 130.20.
Lovely old cabinet tone, minor area of porosity on reverse,
otherwise good very fine / about extremely fine
Ex Sotheby's sale 30 April – 1 May 1958, Haughton, 119. From a Distinguished Swiss Collection.
Tetradrachm, Seleucia on Tigris circa 296-281, AR 16.34 g. Laureate head of Zeus r. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ – ΣEΛEYKOY Athena, brandishing spear, shield on l. arm, in quadriga of elephants r.; above, anchor, in inner l. field, monogram and below, monogram. ESM 49. SC 130.20.
Lovely old cabinet tone, minor area of porosity on reverse,
otherwise good very fine / about extremely fine
Ex Sotheby's sale 30 April – 1 May 1958, Haughton, 119. From a Distinguished Swiss Collection.