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Seleucid Coins (part 1) 172

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Seleucid Coins (part 1) 172, Obol, Silver, struck at Susa, 295–291 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 0.6 g, diameter 9.0 mm.
mint Susa weight 0.63g (1)
ruler Seleucus I Nicator diameter ⌀9.0 (1)
denomination Obol axis ↕ (0)
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

controlmarks
Monogram 1761 Monogram 1761
specimens (1)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 0.63g ⌀9.0

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Seleucid Coins (part 1) 172 (sc.1.172), 295–291 BC. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/seleucid-coins-part-1-172-2/ (accessed: 2026-09-13). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA

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