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Nomos 7

15 May 2013
Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Zürich
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Estimate: 2000 CHF
Hammer Price:  1600 CHF
Lot 144

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos I Soter. Joint reign with Seleukos I, 294-281 BC. Drachm (Silver, 2.89 g 12), uncertain mint in Drangiana. Head of Seleukos I to right, wearing helmet covered in a panther skin and adorned with a bull’s ear and horn. Rev. barbarized inscription Nike walking to right, placing a wreath on a trophy to right. A. Houghton, Notes on the early Seleucid Victory Coinage of ¨Persepolis¨, SNR 59 (1980), pl. 2, 2-5. SC 226. SNG Spaer 313. A rare and curious coin, struck in one of the outlying districts of the Seleukid Empire. Nicely toned. Extremely fine.


From the Spina Collection, ex Leu 83, 6 May 2002, 377.

Online bidding closes: 15 May 2013, 00:00:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 19 Apr 2024, 19:42:12 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:1600 CHF

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