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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ed Snible, post: 8170391, member: 82322&quot;]The most Eastern mint that struck the tetradrachms was Ekbatana, but they are not lifetime.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1427200[/ATTACH]</p><p>SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25.5mm, 16.82g). In the name of Alexander III of Macedon. Ekbatana mint. Struck circa 311-295/81 BC.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ref: <i>SC</i> <a href="http://numismatics.org/sco/id/sc.1.202" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/sco/id/sc.1.202" rel="nofollow">202</a>.12; Price <a href="http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.3938" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.3938" rel="nofollow">3938</a>; <i>HGC</i> 9, 9e, <i>ESM</i> 485</p><p>Note: This is the Wildwinds.com example.</p><p>Note: Houghton and Lorber (<i>SC</i>, p. 81) suggest this issue is contemporary with those bearing the name of Seleukos.</p><p>Ex Classical Numismatic Group 61 (25 September 2002), <a href="http://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=23478" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=23478" rel="nofollow">lot 479</a>. (Dr. Will Gordon collection)</p><p><br /></p><p>The authors of <i>Seleucid Coins</i> suggest this type began in 295 BC and was perhaps contemporary with issues in the name of Seleukos.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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