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- Model: Tetradrachm Seleukos I
SELEUKID KINGS OF SYRIA. Seleukos I Nikator (312–281 BC). Silver tetradrachm. Seleukeia on the Tigris.
Struck in the name of Seleukos I Nikator, with a design derived from the famous tetradrachms of Alexander the Great.
Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing a lion-skin headdress.
Rev: ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ. Zeus seated left on a throne, holding Nike and a sceptre; monogram in the left field, ligate ΔΙ below the throne.
References: SC 117.1c; HGC 9, 12i.
Condition: Good fine.
Weight: 16.89 g.
Diameter: 26 mm.
Seleukos I Nikator (312–281 BC) was one of Alexander the Great’s generals and the founder of the Seleucid Empire. After Alexander’s death in 323 BC, he fought his fellow successors for control of the empire, eventually ruling vast territories stretching from Syria to Iran and beyond. He founded important cities, including Antioch and Seleukeia on the Tigris. His name “Nikator” means “the Victor.”