Seleukid Empire, Seleukos I Nikator AR Tetradrachm. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Carrhae, circa 310-290 BC. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ below, AΛEΞANΔPOY to right, crescent above ΔI in left field, monogram below throne. SC 41.3c; Price 3818. 17.09g, 25mm, 11h.
Seleukid Empire, Seleukos I Nikator AR Tetradrachm. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Babylon I, circa 311-305 BC. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; BAΣIΛEΩΣ below, AΛEΞANΔPOY to right, MI in left field, monogram within wreath below throne. SC 82.4a; Price 3751; HGC 9, 10f. 17.14g, 26mm, 8h.
Seleukid Empire, Seleukos I Nikator AR Tetradrachm. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Babylon I, circa 311-300 BC. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; BAΣIΛEΩΣ below, AΛEΞANΔPOY to right, MI above bee in left field, monogram in wreath below throne. SC 82.2b; Price 3754; HGC 9, 10f. 17.05g, 24mm, 2h.
Seleukid Empire, Seleukos I Nikator AR Tetradrachm. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Babylon I, circa 311-300 BC. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ below, AΛEΞANΔPOY to right, monogram within wreath in left field, MI below throne. SC 82.5b; Price 3747; HGC 9, 10f. 17.00g, 25mm, 7h.
Seleukid Empire, Seleukos I Nikator AR Tetradrachm. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Babylon I, circa 311-300 BC. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ below, AΛEΞANΔPOY to right, MI above rudder in left field, monogram within wreath below throne. SC 82.3e; Price 3761; HGC 9, 10f. 17.06g, 27mm, 6h.
Seleukid Empire, Seleukos I Nikator AR Tetradrachm. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Babylon I, circa 311-300 BC. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ below, AΛEΞANΔPOY to right, monogram within wreath in left field, MI below throne. SC 82.5a; Price 3746; HGC 9, 10f. 16.76g, 28mm, 12h.
Seleukid Empire, Seleukos I Nikator AR Tetradrachm. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Babylon I, circa 311-300 BC. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ below, AΛEΞANΔPOY to right, monogram within wreath in left field, MI below throne. SC 82.5a; Price 3746; HGC 9, 10f. 17.04g, 25mm, 6h.
Seleukid Empire, Seleukos I Nikator AR Tetradrachm. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Babylon I, circa 311-300 BC. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ below, AΛEΞANΔPOY to right, monogram within wreath in left field, MI below throne. SC 82.5a; Price 3746; HGC 9, 10f. 17.03g, 28mm, 3h.
Seleukid Empire, Seleukos I Nikator AR Tetradrachm. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Babylon I, circa 311-300 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left, holding sceptre; monogram in wreath in left field, H below throne, [BAΣIΛEΩΣ] below, [AΛEΞANΔPOY] to right. SC 82.6; Price 3704; HGC 9, 10f. 16.93g, 27mm, 3h.
Seleukid Empire, Seleukos I Nikator AR Tetradrachm. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Babylon I, circa 311-300 BC. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; ΒΑΣΙΛΕ[ΩΣ] below, AΛEΞANΔPO[Y] to right, monogram within wreath in left field, MI below throne. SC 82.5b; Price 3747; HGC 9, 10f. 17.09g, 26mm, 8h.
Seleukid Empire, Seleukos I Nikator AR Tetradrachm. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Babylon I, circa 311-305 BC. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left, holding eagle and sceptre; BAΣIΛEΩΣ below, AΛEΞANΔPOY to right; in left field, MI above bee; monogram in wreath below throne. SC 82.2b; Price 3754; HGC 9, 10f. 16.93g, 25mm, 6h.
Seleukid Empire, Seleukos I Nikator AR Tetradrachm. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon, Babylon I, circa 300-293 BC. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; BAΣIΛEΩΣ below, AΛEΞANΔPOY to right, monogram in left field, AI monogram below throne. SC 87.3b; Price 3779A (Seleukeia on the Tigris) var. (monogram). 17.16g, 28mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Extremely Rare, only one other example on CoinArchives.
From the inventory of a UK dealer.
Though noting that this issue has a variant monogram in the left field to Price's 3779A, Houghton and Lorber erroneously reference the fictional "Price 3781A".
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Seleukid Empire, Seleukos I Nikator AR Tetradrachm. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Babylon II mint, circa 311-300 BC. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; BAΣIΛEΩΣ below, AΛEΞANΔPOY to right, anchor and monogram in left field, Π below throne. SC C94.7 var. (monogram); Price 3349 var. (monogram); HGC 9, 10g. 16.74g, 28mm, 9h.
Good Very Fine; struck in high relief. Extremely Rare; seemingly an unpublished variant.
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Seleukid Empire, Seleukos I Nikator AR Tetradrachm. In the types of Alexander III of Macedon. Seleukia on the Tigris I, circa 300 BC. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ below, ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ to right, monogram in left field, ΔI below throne. SC 117.1c; Price 3784; SNG Spaer 109; HGC 9, 12i. 17.15g, 25mm, 6h.
Seleukid Empire, Seleukos I Nikator AR Tetradrachm. In the types of Alexander III of Macedon. Seleukia on the Tigris I, circa 300 BC. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ below, [ΣΕΛ]ΕΥ[ΚΟΥ] to right, monogram in left field, ΔI below throne. SC 117.1c; Price 3784; SNG Spaer 109; HGC 9, 12i. 16.44g, 27mm, 1h.
Seleukid Empire, Seleukos I Nikator AR Tetradrachm. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Susa, circa 311-305 BC. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; [B]AΣIΛEΩΣ below, AΛEΞANΔPOY to right, wreath above horned horse's head to left in left field, ΔI and Ξ below throne. SC 164.3; Price 3863; HGC 9, 10g. 16.96g, 25mm, 10h.
Extremely Fine; a bold portrait, with excellent detail to rev.
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos II Theos AR Tetradrachm. Antioch on the Orontes, 256-246 BC. Diademed head to right / Apollo Delphios seated to left on omphalos, testing arrow with right hand and resting left hand on grounded bow; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ to right, ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ to left, monogram to outer left, monogram to outer right. SC 571.2; HGC 9, 238o. 16.98g, 29mm, 12h.
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos III 'the Great' AR Drachm. Apameia on the Orontes(?), 222-187 BC. Diademed head to right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ, elephant standing to right; monogram before. SC 1065.6; Houghton, Elephants, Type B; HGC 9, 453a. 3.82g, 17mm, 12h.
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos III 'the Great' Æ 25mm. Uncertain mint 73 (military mint associated with Ekbatana), circa 210 BC. Diademed head to right / Elephant, with mahout, standing to right; BAΣIΛEΩΣ above, ANTIOXOY in exergue, tripod to left, monogram to right. SC 1272.1b; HGC 9, 469. 13.33g, 25mm, 10h.
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos III 'the Great' AR Drachm. Uncertain mint 75 (perhaps in Western Persia?), circa 220-210 BC. Diademed head to right / Apollo Delphios seated to left on omphalos, testing arrows and resting on grounded bow; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ to right, ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ to left, two monograms in outer left field. SC 1280; SNG Spear 831. 4.24g, 16mm, 9h.
Very Fine. Extremely Rare; no others on CoinArchives.
From the inventory of a German dealer.
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