Freeman & Sear - F&S Mail Bid Sale #11 Lot: 166

SELEUCID KINGDOM: Seleucus II Callinicus. 246-226 BC. AR 
tetradrachm (16.47 gm).

AR tetradrachm (16.47 gm), Uncertain Mint 40 in 
Commagene. Diademed head of Seleucus II right / Apollo 
standing left, examining arrow and resting elbow on tall 
tripod, NP monogram in outer right field. Unpublished, 
from a previously unknown obverse die. Unique. With a 
remarkable, neatly engraved portrait. Pitting in reverse 
fields. Extremely fine
This unidentified mint in the Upper Euphrates region 
struck the vast majority of its tetradrachms from a 
single obverse die, which soon developed a large flaw 
on the back of the king’s neck yet continued in use. 
It was reengraved twice, without fully repairing the flaw. 
Estimated Value: $ 1,000 

Lot sold for $1,800, [ approx 1350 EUR, 936 GBP 

Re-used by permission of Freeman and Sear, www.freemanandsear.com.