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                        Lot: 146

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                        G4122
                        SELEUCID KINGDOM: Antiochus I - II. 281-261 BC. AR 
                        tetradrachm (16.97 gm).

                        SELEUCID KINGDOM: Antiochus I Soter to Antiochus II 
                        Theos at Susa. AR tetradrachm (16.97 gm), Susa. Head of 
                        young Heracles right in lion skin headdress / Zeus 
                        enthroned left, holding eagle and scepter, SQE monogram 
                        in left field, DAI monogram under throne. SC 399.9. ESM 
                        354b, pl. xxvii, 1 (same dies). Inclusion on cheek and 
                        reverse slightly off-center, otherwise good very fine
                        The dark spot on Heracles’ cheek is a bit of the die, 
                        which was deteriorating and left this deposit adhering 
                        to the coin. The tetradrachms of Susa long retained the 
                        types of Alexander and legends naming Seleucus I, a 
                        conservatism that creates problems for their regnal 
                        attribution. In ESM, Newell assigned this issue to 
                        Antiochus I because it is doubly control linked to a 
                        bronze with his portrait. But he also noted a change of 
                        reverse style within the issue (our coin is of the 
                        second style), and confessed the difficulty of 
                        determining the point of transition from Antiochus I to 
                        Antiochus II. The die link exposed here (see the 
                        following lot) brings us closer to a solution. 
                        Estimated Value: $ 450 




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