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Seleucid Coins (part 1) 255B

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Seleucid Coins (part 1) 255B, Drachma, Silver, struck at Nisa, 294–281 BC. Obverse: beardless head of heracles right wearing lion skin headdress. Reverse: zeus seated on high-backed throne left, holding eagle on outstretched right hand and sceptre in left zeus assis sur un. Weight about g.
mint Nisa weight g (0)
ruler Antiochus I Soter diameter (0)
denomination Drachma 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 eagle on outstretched right hand and sceptre in left Zeus assis sur un

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Seleucid Coins (part 1) 255B (sc.1.255B), 294–281 BC. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/seleucid-coins-part-1-255b/ (accessed: 2026-09-12). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA