SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos II Kallinikos. 246-225 BC. AV Stater (17mm, 8.50 g, 6h). Ekbatana mint. Diademed head right / [BA]ΣIΛEΩΣ ΣEΛEYKOY, Apollo, testing arrow in his right hand, left hand on bow set on ground to right, seated left on omphalos; monogram above arm; below arm, monogram above forepart of horse grazing left. SC 806A var. (lower monogram); HGC 9, –. See SC 807b for the tetradrachm with these control marks. Even light roughness with tiny marks (water-worn surfaces), edge bruises. VF. Extremely rare gold issue for Seleukos II, and an unpublished variety.
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