SELEUCUS I SILVER ALEXANDER TYPE TERADRACHM – ISSUE OF SELEUCIA IN PIERIA PUBLISHED BY LE RIDER – XF GREEK SELEUCID KINGDOM COIN (Inv. 19665)

$1,250.00

19665. SELEUCID KINGDOM. SELEUCUS I, 312–281 BC.
Silver Tetradrachm of Alexander type, 16.96 g, 27 mm. Issue of Seleucia in Pieria, ca. 300–281 BC.
Obv. Head of young Heracles right in lion skin headdress. Rev. ΣEΛEYKOY [BAΣIΛEΩΣ], Zeus enthroned left, holding Nike who crowns him, complex control monogram in circle in left field, KP below throne.
SC 29.1b; Le Rider, Antioche 27 (A4/P13 – this coin, illustrated); HGC 9, 16d.
Ex Terence Cheesman (“White Rose Collection”) = ex Robert W. Bartlett Bequest sold to Benefit the American Numismatic Society, CNG Keystone Auction 4, 9/2/2021, lot 91 = NFA XVI, 12/2/1985, lot 238.
XF, high relief strike from elegantly engraved dies, dark cabinet toning, some cleaning marks, high relief strike.