Seleukid Kingdom. Uncertain Mint 6A (in Babylonia). Seleukos I Nikator 312-281 BC. As satrap, 321-315 BC. In the name of Philip III of Macedon, types of Alexander III. Struck circa 320-315 BC
Tetradrachm AR
22mm., 17,04g.
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩ[Σ], Zeus seated left on high-backed throne, right leg drawn back, his feet resting on a low foot rest, holding long scepter in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing right with closed wings, monogram in left field and below throne.
very fine
SC Ad39.3; Taylor 20-8; Price P162 (Marathos); HGC 9, 11a.