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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TheRed, post: 3316425, member: 87080&quot;]Congratulations on the wonderful coin [USER=96635]@Pavlos[/USER]&nbsp; it is a great looking bronze.&nbsp; I was unaware of Cyrrhus as a Seleucid mint.&nbsp; I wonder what circumstances led to such a short lived municipal coinage, maybe necessity from the civil war?</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m not sure if this mint is rare, but it&#039;s certainly not as common as Babylon, Antioch, or some off the other mints of Seleukos I.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]878983[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Seleukos I Nikator AR Tetradrachm</b> 320-316 BC Uncertain mint 6A</p><p>26.0mm 17.13g</p><p>Obv: Head of Herakles right wearing lion skin</p><p>Rev: Zeus Aetophoros seated left; in field left monogram on shield, monogram below throne.</p><p>SC Ad 39.1[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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