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Seleucid Coins (part 1) 10

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Seleucid Coins (part 1) 10, Tetradrachm, Silver, struck at Tarsus, 294–281 BC. Obverse: beardless head of heracles right wearing lion skin headdress. Reverse: zeus seated on high-backed throne left, holding nike on outstretched right hand and sceptre in left. Weight about 17.1 g, diameter 27.0 mm.
mint Tarsus weight 17.11g (1)
ruler Seleucus I Nicator diameter ⌀27.0 (1)
denomination Tetradrachm axis 1↕ (1)
material Silver technique
country Sicily dataset SCO — Seleucid Coins Online
ODC-ODbL
obverse

Beardless head of Heracles right wearing lion skin headdress

reverse

Zeus seated on high-backed throne left, holding Nike on outstretched right hand and sceptre in left

specimens (1)
NNC (DNB) 17.11g ⌀27.0 1↕

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Seleucid Coins (part 1) 10 (sc.1.10), 294–281 BC. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/seleucid-coins-part-1-10/ (accessed: 2026-09-13). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA