American Numismatic Society: Silver Coin of Seleucus II Callinicus, Sardis, 246 BC

Weight (in gr.): 16.45
Diameter (in mm): 29

Obverse: Diademed head of Seleucus II right, with sideburn

Reverse: Apollo standing left, testing arrow and resting left hand on grounded bow

Object Type: Coin
Date Range: 246 BC - 242 BC
Denomination: Tetradrachm
Manufacture: Struck
Material: Silver
Authority
- Authority: Seleucus II Callinicus
- - Dynasty: Seleucid Dynasty
  - State: Seleucid Empire
Geographic
- Mint: Sardis
Obverse
- Portrait: Seleucus II Callinicus
- - Dynasty: Seleucid Dynasty
  - State: Seleucid Empire
Reverse
- Symbol (InnerLeftField): Houghton Monogram 28.1 , consists of Α and Ν / Houghton Monogram 441.3 , consists of Ν and Δ
- Symbol (InnerRightField): Houghton Monogram 441.3 , consists of Ν and Δ
- Deity: Apollo
TypeSeries: Seleucid Coins

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Sections: 139
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.

Silver Coin of Seleucus II Callinicus, Sardis, 246 BC - 242 BC. 1944.100.78202