Description: Seleukid Kingdom, Seleukos I Nikator (312 - 281 BC). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Laureate head of Apollo right / BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣEΛEYKOY; bull butting right, K above, Θ below.

Diameter: AE15 mm

Weight: 3,38 g

Grade: VF/VF

Attribution: Newell, ESM, 106; Houghton, CSE, 928

Commentary: very rare; dark olive-brown patina, well centered, good detail

History: After Lysimachos fell in the Battle of Corupedion (281 BC), Seleukos was the only living contemporary of Alexander.

Article Number: 026-06-07-41652