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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ryro, post: 4560775, member: 91461&quot;]That last one is really something special. I believe it was minted to commemorate the last battle of the Diadochi!</p><p>...speaking of Seleucid dream coins. It is surprising to me that no one has brought up this beauty...The helmeted ATG (or possibly Seleukos)! Easily one to cut off your left arm for Anti-armless-onus Mono-127hours-thalymus!</p><p><img src="https://www.acsearch.info/media/images/archive/66/5252/5345910.m.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.acsearch.info/media/images/archive/50/5104/5174947.m.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://www.acsearch.info/media/images/archive/83/1835/1757507.m.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://www.acsearch.info/media/images/archive/55/5128/5210699.m.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Seleukid Kingdom. Seleukos I Nikator. Silver Tetradrachm (17.20 g), 312-281 BC. Susa, ca. 305/4-295 BC. Head of hero right (assimilating Seleukos I, Alexander the Great and Dionysos), wearing helmet covered with panther&#039;s skin and adorned with bull&#039;s horns and ears. Reverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΣEΛEYKOY, Nike standing right, crowning trophy with wreath; below wings, AP and ΠA monogram respectively; between Nike and trophy, radiate head of Helios facing. SC 173.16; HGC 9, 20. Untoned and lusterous. A numismatic masterpiece! Mint State. Estimate Value $20,000 - UP</p><p>It is readily apparent that the reverse design of this coin showing Nike placing a wreath upon a trophy she has erected commemorates Seleukos&#039; recent victories in the Upper Satrapies and his assumption of the royal title in 305 BC. What is less certain is the identification of the head on the obverse. Hadley argues for an assimilation of Alexander the Great with Dionysos, while Hoover sees a portrait of Seleukos himself, with the divine attributes of Dionysos. For full discussion, see R. A. Hadley, &quot;Seleucus, Dionysus, or Alexander?&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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