Seleucid Coins (part 1) 42.3

Canonical URI: http://numismatics.org/sco/id/sc.1.42.3

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Parent Type: sc.1.42

Typological Description

  • Object Type: Coin
  • Date Range: 310 BC - 290 BC
  • Denomination: Tetradrachm
  • Manufacture: Struck
  • Material: Silver

  • Authority

  • Geographic

  • Obverse

    • Type: Beardless head of Heracles right wearing lion skin headdress
    • Deity: Heracles

  • Reverse

    • Legend: ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ
    • Type: Zeus seated on stool-throne left, holding eagle on outstretched right hand and sceptre in left
    • Deity: Zeus
  • TypeSeries: Seleucid Coins

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Subtype Obverse Reverse Examples of this type
Seleucid Coins (part 1) 42.3a
  • Type: Beardless head of Heracles right wearing lion skin headdress
  • Deity: Heracles
  • Legend: ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ
  • Type: Zeus seated on stool-throne left, holding eagle on outstretched right hand and sceptre in left
  • Symbol (Left field): Houghton Monogram 426 symbol, consists of Γ, Υ, Ε, and Ο / axe
  • Symbol (Under throne): Houghton Monogram 566.2 symbol, consists of Χ, Μ, Ν, Δ, Β, and Ο
  • Deity: Zeus
Seleucid Coins (part 1) 42.3b
  • Type: Beardless head of Heracles right wearing lion skin headdress
  • Deity: Heracles
  • Legend: ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ
  • Type: Zeus seated on stool-throne left, holding eagle on outstretched right hand and sceptre in left
  • Symbol (Left field): Houghton Monogram 426 symbol, consists of Γ, Υ, Ε, and Ο / axe
  • Symbol (Under throne): Houghton Monogram 262.2 symbol, consists of and Μ
  • Deity: Zeus
Seleucid Coins (part 1) 42.3c
  • Type: Beardless head of Heracles right wearing lion skin headdress
  • Deity: Heracles
  • Legend: ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ
  • Type: Zeus seated on stool-throne left, holding eagle on outstretched right hand and sceptre in left
  • Symbol (Left field): Houghton Monogram 426 symbol, consists of Γ, Υ, Ε, and Ο / axe
  • Symbol (Under throne): Houghton Monogram 280.4 symbol, consists of Μ, Β, and Ο
  • Deity: Zeus