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Seleucid Coins (part 1) 21.4

Seleucus I Nicator · Denomination B (double) · 300 - 281 BCE

Date300 - 281 BCE
AuthoritySeleucus I Nicator
DeityMedusa
DenominationDenomination B (double)
MaterialBronze
MintAntioch, Syria
RegionSeleucis and Pieria
Average Size19mm, 7.0g (based on 4 examples)
Obverse TypeWinged head of Medusa right
Reverse LegendBAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ
Reverse TypeBull butting right
DynastySeleucid Dynasty
ParentType URIsc.1.21 ↗
Reverse AboveHoughton Monogram 389.2
Reverse ExergueΞ
StateSeleucid Empire
Symbol revHoughton Monogram 389.2Ξ
Symbol rev letterΠ, Α

Monograms

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Examples in Museum Databases (3 specimens)

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reverse
American Numismatic Society (MANTIS)
obverse
reverse
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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reverse
KHM Wien

Source record: http://numismatics.org/sco/id/sc.1.21.4