Ancients
SELEUCID KINGDOM. Seleucus II Callinicus (246-225 BC). AR tetradrachm (28mm, 16.63 gm, 12h). NGC Choice AU 5/5 - 1/5, Fine Style. Antioch on the Orontes, from ca. 244 BC. Diademed head of Seleucus II right, with long, wavy sideburn; dotted border / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΣΕ-ΛΕΥΚΟΥ, Apollo, nude, standing left, examining arrow held in right hand, resting left elbow on tall sacrificial tripod surmounted by laurel wreath; OE monogram in outer inner left field, HΦ monogram in outer right field. SC 689.6a. Stunning portrait cut from Fine Style dies.
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