SELEUCID KINGDOM. Seleucus I Nicator (312-280 BC). AR tetradrachm (27mm, 1h). NGC Choice XF. Seleucia I (first workshop), ca. 300-296 BC. Head of Heracles right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied before neck / ΣEΛEYKOY-BAΣIΛEΩΣ, Zeus enthroned left, right leg drawn back, feet on stool, eagle in right hand, scepter in left; HMPΩ monogram in left field, ΔNI monogram below strut. SC 117.1c. These control marks match an extremely rare Alexander III tetradrachm of the same time frame from this rare mint (Price 3784).

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