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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 5007474, member: 57495&quot;]Faaaantastic score!&nbsp; I don&#039;t have one to show (though I&#039;d love to have one someday), but do have a Medusa-Alexander...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1201408[/ATTACH]<b>SELEUKID KINGDOM. Seleukos I Nikator.</b></p><p>AE20. 6.1g, 20mm, Antioch mint, circa 280 BC. SC 21.2; HGC 9, 92. O: Winged head of Medusa (resembling Alexander the Great) right.&nbsp; R: BAΣIΛEΩΣ / ΣΕΛΕΥΚOY, bull butting right; [Ξ] below. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Oliver Hoover has an article (<a href="https://www.academia.edu/8339002/The_Identity_of_the_Helmeted_Head_on_the_Victory_Coinage_of_Susa" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.academia.edu/8339002/The_Identity_of_the_Helmeted_Head_on_the_Victory_Coinage_of_Susa" rel="nofollow">available online</a>) which responds to Hadley&#039;s theory that the helmeted head is that of Alexander.&nbsp; Hoover thinks it&#039;s Seleukos, but admits it&#039;s not possible to say for sure.&nbsp; I lean towards Hoover&#039;s conclusions, but in any case, it really is such a great type and that&#039;s an excellent example.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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