SELEUCUS I SILVER TETRADRACHM – SCARCE SPECIMEN FROM SUSA WITH BOEOTIAN SHIELD SYMBOL – CHOICE VF NGC GRADED GREEK SELEUCID COIN (Inv. 20146)

$3,300.00

20146. SELEUCID KINGDOM. SELEUCUS I, 312–281 BC.
Silver Tetradrachm, 17.06 g, 26 mm. Issue of Susa, ca. 305–295 BC.
Obv. Head of Seleucus (or Alexander) right, wearing helmet with panther skin covering and bull’s ears and horns. Aramaic graffito (aleph ?) Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΣEΛEYKOY, Nike standing right, crowning trophy, BE below left wing, Boeotian shield between Nike and trophy; monogram to right of trophy. Aramaic graffito (R) at top.
SC 173.1; HGC 9, 20; Marest–Caffey 11 (A3/P6).
NGC graded CHOICE VF, Strike 5/5, Surface 2/5, FINE STYLE, “graffiti.”