Gemini III, January 9th, 2007

      Lot # 232 - Auction is closed.Estimate: US$1500 / Unsold: 
      Available at opening bid of US$1000 + 15% Buyers Fee 
      SELEUCID KINGDOM. Seleucus I Nicator. Silver tetradrachm 

SELEUCID KINGDOM. Seleucus I Nicator. (312-281 BC). Silver 
tetradrachm (17.18 gm). , Uncertain mint in western Asia Minor, 
282/1 BC. Head of young Heracles right in lion skin headdress / 
BASILEWS SELEUKOU, Zeus enthroned left, supporting Nike on extended 
right hand and resting left on scepter, ÐAÑI monogram in left field, 
EÑ monogram in right field. Cf. SC 74, pl. 4 (same obverse die). SC 
Part 2 (forthcoming), Addenda to Part 1, Ad51 (this coin). Well 
struck. Mint state. 

The entry at SC 74, based on a single coin which does not show the 
royal title, restores the title in the exergue, probably 
incorrectly. Most likely that coin originally had the same anomalous 
placement of the legend as the present piece, with the royal title 
placed vertically in the left field. 

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  ... Lot 232 was unsold.
 

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