Silver Coin of Seleucus I Nicator, Seleucia on the Tigris II, 296 BC - 281 BC 1944.100.44949

Canonical URI: http://numismatics.org/collection/1944.100.44949

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Obverse: Laureate head of Zeus right
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Reverse: BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ - Athena in elephant quadriga right, brandishing spear and shield
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Physical Description

  • Axis: 1

  • Measurements

    • Weight (in gr.): 3.06

Typological Description

Source: Seleucid Coins (part 1) 131.4b

Findspot Description

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Administrative History

  • Identifier: 1944.100.44949
  • Department: Greek
  • Collection: American Numismatic Society

  • Provenance

    • Bequest of E.T. Newell

Notes

  • The reading of the control above the shield is very dubious.

Rights

  • CopyrightHolder: American Numismatic Society
  • License: Public Domain Mark (images)
  • Rights: No Copyright - United States

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Annotations

1. Edward T. Newell hoard notebook, undated

Sections
53, 53
Creator
Newell, Edward Theodore, 1886-1941
Abstract
Notebook containing notes on coins of various hoards, along with loose leaves with additional coin lists, notes, and rubbings. A detached label once adhered to the cover of the album reads, "HOARDS II." Includes a letter to Margaret Thompson from Martin Price of the British Museum relating to a joint project on the coins of Alexander the Great (1968). Hoards covered in the notebook are Sardis, Anadol, Aleppo, Ankyra, Aintab, Andhritsena, Abu Hommos, Taranto, Bithynian, Demanhur, Chalcis (Eretria), Calabria, Constantinople, Cyprus (Larnaka), Peloponessos, Drama, Greece (Tiffany), Eretria, Epidaurus, Sparta, Patras, Gesou, Haiffa, Prof. Haynes, Saida, Jandolo, Anadol, Kuft, Kyparissia, Keleler, Karditsa, Messene, Larnaka, Lamia, Latakie, Mosul, Marasesti, Patras, Parthian, Philip II Staters, Ravel, Salonica, Sophikon, Taranto, Tripolitsa, Thebes, Urfa, Gejou, Lamia, and Kyparissia.
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