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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos II Kallinikos. 246-225 BC. AV Stater (18mm, 8.50 g, 12h). ΔEΛ-monogram mint, associated with Antioch. EF.Triton XXIX Greek, 12h, Gold Sold For $ 60 000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos II Kallinikos. 246-225 BC. AV Stater (18mm, 8.50 g, 12h). ΔEΛ-monogram mint, associated with Antioch. Diademed head right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΣE-ΛEYKOY, Apollo, nude, standing left, testing arrow held in his right hand, leaning on bow held in his left hand and set on ground to right; monogram to outer left and monogram-in-circle to outer right. SC 703.3 var. (unlisted with this outer right monogram); Le Rider, Antioche 6 var. (A3/P– [unlisted rev. die]); WSM 1147 var. (no monogram to right); HGC 9, 299d; CSE 425 var. (same obv. die, different monogram to right). Lustrous, hairlines, scratch and some smoothing on obverse, minor doubling on reverse. EF. Unpublished with this monogram, extremely rare thus. |
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