SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos II Kallinikos. 246-225 BC. AR Drachm (18.5mm, 4.11 g, 12h). Uncertain mint 39, in northern Syria or northern Mesopotamia. VF.

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Lot: 163. Estimated: $ 150

Greek, 12h, Silver

Sold For $ 140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos II Kallinikos. 246-225 BC. AR Drachm (18.5mm, 4.11 g, 12h). Uncertain mint 39, in northern Syria or northern Mesopotamia. Diademed head right / Apollo, nude, standing left, testing arrow, leaning on tripod to right; monograms to outer left and right. CNG 115, lot 291 (same dies), otherwise unpublished, but cf. SC 724.5; Le Rider, Antioche, p. 70, 10–16 for tetradrachms with the same left field control mark, and an obverse portrait engraved by the same hand as this piece. Toned, some granularity, laminations on obverse. VF. Extremely rare, one of two known.

From the Weise Collection. Ex Peus 372 (30 October 2002), lot 539.


Closing Date and Time: 20 March 2024 at 10:54:00 ET.

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