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Lot # 154
SELEUKID KINGS OF SYRIA. Seleukos I Nikator, 312-281 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 26.98 mm, 17.04 g). In the types of Alexander III of Macedon. Seleukeia on the Tigris I mint. Struck circa 300-281 BC. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion's skin headdress. Rev. ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle in his extended right hand and scepter in his left; below throne, monogram K; in field to left, monogram within wreath. Seleucid Coins I, 53, 117.2. HGC 9, 12i. SNG Israel I, Coll. Spaer, 115-116. E.T. Newell, ESM 12. Lightly toned. Very Fine. From a European collection formed prior to 2005.