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.”