Seleukid Kingdom. Seleukos I Nikator. Silver Tetradrachm (16.66 g), 312-281 BC. Susa, ca. 303/2 BC. Head of hero right (assimilating Seleukos I, Alexander the Great and Dionysos), wearing helmet covered with panther's skin and adorned with bull's horns and ears.
Reverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΣEΛEYKOY, Nike standing right, crowning trophy with wreath; below wings, E - ΔI. SC 173.11; HGC 9, 20. The obverse cleaned with traces of silver-oxide (horn-silver) and somewhat porous. The reverse is superb.
Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $1,500 - UP
Ex Leu Winterthur E16 (24 May 2021), 1253.
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