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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 5254652, member: 85693&quot;]Terrific portrait on that OP.&nbsp; I have only a bronze, which is also a bit mysterious, apparently:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1219296[/ATTACH] </p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Seleucid</b> <b>Kingdom</b> <b>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Æ 16</b></p><p><b>Seleukos II Kallinikos</b></p><p><b>(246-226 B.C.)</b></p><p><b>Unknown Asian mint </b></p><p>Head of Poseidon right, crowned with kelp, trident behind / [BA]ΣIΛE[ΩΣ] [Σ]EΛEYK[OY]Nike in fast quadriga right.</p><p>SC Ad28; HGC 9, 353 (R2)</p><p>(4.51 grams / 16 x 14 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;The second image is found on a bronze coin from an unattributed western mint which was probably coastal as the obverse image depicts of Poseidon crowned with kelp facing right with a tiny trident behind him. The reverse features Nike holding a wreath in a quadriga (Figure 125).99 This image has clear associations with a naval victory. The image of Poseidon was rare on Seleucid coins before Seleucus II and therefore must either be an image created for local concerns or commemorate a specific event, but the event remains unknown.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>99 Houghton and Lorber 2002: no. 738.&nbsp; (p. 177)</p><p>Kyle Glenn Erickson, <i>The Early <i>Seleucids, Their Gods and Their Coins</i></i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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