Greek Bronze - Triga? Guy with a Moustache? Help, Please...

Ran across this "opportunity" and wondering if I should go for it. The problem is, I cannot figure out what it is. It's pretty rough, but I find the design interesting. It is about 18mm. I do not know the weight.

Can somebody point me in the right direction? Many thanks.

 

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That's a scarce one.

Seleucus II
Mint: Unknown in Asia Minor
246 to 226 BC
Obvs: Head of Poseidon right, crowned with kelp. Trident behind, dotted border.
Revs: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΣEΛEYKOY, Nike in fast quadriga right.
AE 16x19mm, 5.17g
Ref: SC Ad28; HGC 9, 353 (R2)

 

A million thanks! I was having a heck of a time finding anything in my usual haphazard, wild-guess way of doing things. I appreciate it.

 

I think this coin was relatively unknown until maybe ten or so years ago. I've seen a few pop up in the last two years, a hoard from this region must have popped up recently?

 

I made the seller an offer he couldn't refuse and bought it. Looking at his other offerings, I don't see a hoard pattern - everything is Greek, as far as I can tell (perhaps a few Roman Provincials) and mostly common stuff, although I did get a countermarked Lysimachos (Seleucid anchor cm) last week, posted here:

https://www.cointalk.com/threads/bu...hos-with-seleucid-anchor.341027/#post-3574205

There are a few Seleucids here and there, and a Ptolemy something-or-other I also have my eye on. Everything has been harshly cleaned to the point of stripping away the patina, so they all have the same "look." It would be a pretty wide-ranging hoard if it all came from the same place, but anything's possible.

Thanks again for your help identifying it. I have a lot to learn about Seleucids.

 

...purdy coin!