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SELEUCUS I SILVER TETRADRACHM – ALEXANDER THE GREAT ISSUE FROM UNCERTAIN MINT I – CHOICE XF NGC GRADED GREEK SELEUCID KINGDOM COIN (Inv. 19733)
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19733. SELEUCID KINGDOM. SELEUCUS I, 312–281 BC.
Silver Tetradrachm of Alexander type, 17.20 g, 28 mm. Issue of Uncertain Mint I, in Cappadocia, Eastern Syria, or Northern Mesopotamia, ca. 294–281 BC or even bit later.
Obv. Head of young Heracles right in lion skin headdress. Rev. ΣEΛEYKOY BAΣIΛEΩΣ, Zeus enthroned left, holding eagle, ΛY in left field, ΔI under throne.
SC 50.3; WSM 1333; HGC 9, 12b.
NGC graded CHOICE XF, Strike 4/5, Surface 3/5, struck from a worn obverse die, the reverse die engraved in a schematic, almost barbarized style, characteristic of this series.