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