eAuction #49 - closed



Lot 2. Eastern Celts AR Tetradrachm, imitating Seleukos I

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Eastern Celts AR Tetradrachm, imitating Seleukos I

Time left: 		Bidding closed (Sunday, June 26th, 19:01:00 CEST)
Current time: Sunday, April 28th, 18:33:23 CEST
Price realised: CHF 160.00 (1 bid)
Approx. EUR 163.50 / USD 174.89 / GBP 140.04
High bidder: Bidder 1

eAuction #49, Lot 2. Estimate: CHF 200.00

Eastern Celts. Imitating Seleukos I of Syria (312-281 BC). AR Tetradrachm (16 mm, 16.65 g), early to mid 3rd Century BC.
Obv. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress.
Rev. ΣEΛEΥKOΥ, Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, X above arm, large + with pellets in quarters below arm; + below throne.
CNG E-354, 268 (this coin). CNG E-352, 189. CNG E-350, 301. CNG E-349, 168.

Very rare. Some cleaning marks, otherwise, very fine.

From the D.A.K. Collection.

While most Eastern Celtic Tetradrachms copy the types of Philip II, Alexander III and Philip III, this coin copies a Seleukos I prototype.



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