SELEUCID Seleucus I CSE 928 Plate coin
$331.00
Oct-13-01
Seller nummohead

Ex Arthur Houghton collection. CSE 928 (this coin). Obv: Laureate head of
Apollo r./ Bull butting r; dotted border. This is a beautiful example of
the rare Apollo/bull type of Seleucus I from the Seleucia-Tigris mint. The
bull image has been thought to refer to a story in which Seleucus
physically restrained a maddened bull at a sacrifice. Seleucus is often
associated with bulls. He occasionally appears on posthumous coins and
statues with the horns of a bull. Apollo was the divine ancestor of the
Seleucid dynasty.