SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26.5mm, 17.23 g, 7h). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint II. Struck circa 296/5-281 BC.

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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26.5mm, 17.23 g, 7h). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint II. Struck circa 296/5-281 BC. Head of Zeus right, wearing laurel wreath / Athena, brandishing spear overhead in right hand, shield on left arm, in quadriga of elephants right; anchor above, AB monogram and IΣ in exergue. SC 130.24b var. (position of controls); HGC 9, 18a; Triton XIX, lot 280. Toned, traces of find patina. EF.

From the BLS Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Review XLI.2 (Summer 2016), no. 431934; Heritage 3046, lot 29137.

With the successful conclusion of the Babylonian War against Antigonos Monophthalmos in 309 BC, Seleukos had secured his western border. He then turned his eyes eastwards and attacked Chandragupta, the ruler of the Mauryan Empire in northern India. Sometime around 303 BC a peace treaty was agreed, one term of which was that Seleukos would receive 500 elephants from Chandragupta. The chariot of elephants on this coin serves as a reminder of these beasts.

Closing Date and Time: 9 September 2020 at 10:43:40 ET.

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