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Seleucid Coins (part 1) 789c

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Seleucid Coins (part 1) 789c, Tetradrachm, Silver, struck at Susa, 246–226 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 16.9 g, diameter 26.0 mm.
mint Susa weight 16.89g (1)
ruler Seleucus II Callinicus diameter ⌀26.0 (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 eagle on outstretched right hand and sceptre in left Zeus assis sur un

controlmarks
Monogram 3290 Monogram 3290
Monogram 3529 Monogram 3529
specimens (1)
NNC (DNB) 16.89g ⌀26.0 1↕

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Seleucid Coins (part 1) 789c (sc.1.789c), 246–226 BC. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/seleucid-coins-part-1-789c/ (accessed: 2026-09-12). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA

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