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<p>[QUOTE="TheRed, post: 3107569, member: 87080"]I'm not sure how I missed this thread, but some how I did.</p><p><br /></p><p>While I agree with the others on coins 2-7, the first coin looks to be an early Seleucid from Laodicea ad Mare (modern day Latakia). Its certainly from Seleukos I thru Antiochos II Theos so circa 300 BC to 246 BC. I don't have access to my copy of Houghton & Lorber so this is just a guess, but I think it is probably a posthumous issue in the name of Seleukos I struck under Antiochos II Theos based on the control marks and style of bust. If the seller is willing to come down from 150eur it would be a decent pick-up as Laodicea ad Mare is a lot less common than some other Seleucid mints.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TheRed, post: 3107569, member: 87080"]I'm not sure how I missed this thread, but some how I did. While I agree with the others on coins 2-7, the first coin looks to be an early Seleucid from Laodicea ad Mare (modern day Latakia). Its certainly from Seleukos I thru Antiochos II Theos so circa 300 BC to 246 BC. I don't have access to my copy of Houghton & Lorber so this is just a guess, but I think it is probably a posthumous issue in the name of Seleukos I struck under Antiochos II Theos based on the control marks and style of bust. If the seller is willing to come down from 150eur it would be a decent pick-up as Laodicea ad Mare is a lot less common than some other Seleucid mints.[/QUOTE]
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