Ancient Coins: GREEK SILVER: Seleukid Kings, Seleukos I, 312-281 B.C.

AR Tetradrachm, 17.25g. 26mm.  Ekbatana mint, c.311-295 B.C.  Types of Alexander the Great; head of Herakles to right with lion's skin.   Rev.  Zeus enthroned to left holding scepter and eagle; horned horse head and forepart of a grazing horse in field to left; solar symbol beneath throne.

Unpublished in the standard references.

Provenance/Pedigree:
Ex: Triton XIV, 2011, lot 357
Ex: CNG, Auction 115, Sept. 16, 2020, lot 273.

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