SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. Second satrapy and kingship, 312-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 14.57 g, 7h). Contemporary imitation of Susa mint issue struck circa 300-295 BC. Head of hero (Alexander or Seleukos?) right, wearing helmet covered with panther skin and adorned with the ear and horns of a bull / Nike standing right, placing wreath on trophy; facing head of Sol in lower middle field, monogram to lower right. For prototype: cf. SC 173.16; cf. HGC 9, 20. Lightly toned, die break on reverse. VF. Very rare.
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