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Auction: 12026 - Ancient, English & Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 354

Kingdom of Syria, Seleukos I, Nikator, AR Tetradrachm, 17.13g, Susa, c.305-295 BC, head of hero right (assimilating Alexander the Great, Seleukos and Dionysos), wearing helmet covered in panther´s skin and ornamented with bull´s horn and ear, a panther´s skin knotted round neck, rev. baie eeykoy, Nike standing right, placing wreath on trophy of arms, ax between them, h on left (Houghton and Lorber, Seleucid Coins, 173 (12); Newell, ESM, 417), iridescent tone, extremely fine

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