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Seleucid Coins (part 1) 173.5

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Seleucid Coins (part 1) 173.5, Tetradrachm, Silver, struck at Susa, 301–295 BC. Obverse: head of hero right (assimilating seleucus, alexander, and dionysus), wearing helmet covered with panther skin and adorned with bull's ear and horns. Reverse: nike standing right, crowning trophy. Weight about 16.6 g, diameter 27.0 mm.
mint Susa weight 16.63g (1)
ruler Seleucus I Nicator diameter ⌀27.0 (1)
denomination Tetradrachm axis (0)
material Silver technique
country Sicily dataset SCO — Seleucid Coins Online
ODC-ODbL
obverse

Head of hero right (assimilating Seleucus, Alexander, and Dionysus), wearing helmet covered with panther skin and adorned with bull's ear and horns

reverse

Nike standing right, crowning trophy

specimens (1)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 16.63g ⌀27.0

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Seleucid Coins (part 1) 173.5 (sc.1.173.5), 301–295 BC. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/seleucid-coins-part-1-1735/ (accessed: 2026-09-12). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA