SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. Second satrapy and kingship, 312-281 BC. AR Double Shekel – “Tetradrachm” (19mm, 17.02 g, 8h). Babylon (II) mint. Struck 311-305 BC. Near VF.Electronic Auction 543 Greek, Silver Sold For $ 250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. Second satrapy and kingship, 312-281 BC. AR Double Shekel – “Tetradrachm” (19mm, 17.02 g, 8h). Babylon (II) mint. Struck 311-305 BC. Baal seated left, holding scepter propped on knee / Lion advancing left; anchor on hindquarter. SC 88.1a; Artemis dies O5/R10; HGC 9, 67a. Lightly toned, deposits, irregular flan, flan flaws, scratches on obverse. Near VF. Very rare, only twelve examples noted in the Artemis die study. |