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Seleucid Coins (part 1) 42

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Seleucid Coins (part 1) 42, Tetradrachm, Silver, struck at Carrhae, 310–290 BC. Obverse: beardless head of heracles right wearing lion skin headdress. Reverse: zeus seated on stool-throne left, holding eagle on outstretched right hand and sceptre in left zeus assis sur un. Weight about 16.8 g, diameter 26.0 mm.
mint Carrhae weight 16.83g (1)
ruler Seleucus I Nicator diameter ⌀26.0 (1)
denomination Tetradrachm axis 6↕ (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 stool-throne left, holding eagle on outstretched right hand and sceptre in left Zeus assis sur un

specimens (1)
NNC (DNB) 16.83g ⌀26.0 6↕

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Seleucid Coins (part 1) 42 (sc.1.42), 310–290 BC. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/seleucid-coins-part-1-42/ (accessed: 2026-11-02). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA