Seleukos II; head of Herakles/Apollo on omphalos
Description:
Seleukid Kingdom, Seleukos II Kallinikos (246 - 226 BC). Head of Herakles right clad in lion's skin headdress / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΣEΛEΥXOΥ; Apollo seated left on omphalos, examining arrow in right, resting left on grounded bow; c/m: bow.
Diameter:
AE16 mm
Weight:
4,22 g
Grade:
gF/gF
Attribution:
Sear 6914; SNG Israel 443 var
Commentary:
very rare countermark; well centered, dark olive patina
History:
Omphalos was a stone standing ath the center of the world - the place where according to myth two egales sent by Zeus had met.
Article Number:
032-04-03-41652