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Search Advanced Search Search By Coin ID     Home ANCIENT/BYZANTINE Ancient Spain (872) Byzantine (753) MEDIEVAL/EARLY WORLD Germany (30) MODERN WORLD COUNTERFEITS AND IMITATIONS   Submit New Coin(s)   Sponsors page Terms of Service Contact Us About Us FAQ Page Coin Detail Click here to see enlarged image. ID:     783945      [UNVERIFIED] Type:     Greek Region:     SELEUCID KINGDOM Issuer:     Seleucus II Callinicus Date Ruled:     246-226 BC Metal:     Gold Denomination:     Stater Date Struck:     BC 246-226 Diameter:     20 mm Weight:     8.51 g Die Axis:     11 h Obverse Description:     Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet Reverse Description:     BASILEWS SEL-EUKOU, Nike standing left, holding wreath in extended right hand; long palm frond behind, NA to inner left Mint:     Uncertain Primary Reference:     SC 726 Reference2:     Houghton 1311 = Houghton, "The Tarik Darreh (Kangavar) Hoard," ANSMN 25 (1980), 32 (this coin) Reference3:     SNG Spaer - Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=99691 Grade:     Good VF, light scrape at edge on obverse, reverse lightly double-struck Notes:     Extremely rare, one of two examples known. From the Semon Lipcer Collection. Ex Arthur Houghton Collection; Leu 25 (23 April 1980), lot 178; Tarik Darreh Hoard (CH II, 70 = CH VII, 78).

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