Silver Coin of Seleucus I Nicator, Babylon II, 294 BC - 291 BC 1944.100.72270

Canonical URI: http://numismatics.org/collection/1944.100.72270

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Obverse: Beardless head of Heracles right wearing lion skin headdress
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Reverse: ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ - Zeus seated on high-backed throne left, holding eagle on outstretched right hand and sceptre in left
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Physical Description

  • Axis: 3

  • Measurements

    • Weight (in gr.): 16.3
    • Diameter (in mm): 26

Typological Description

Source: Seleucid Coins (part 1) 165.1b

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Administrative History

  • Identifier: 1944.100.72270
  • Department: Greek
  • Collection: American Numismatic Society

  • Provenance

    • Bequest of E.T. Newell
    • Prof. Haynes

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

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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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