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Seleucid Coins (part 2) 1688

sc.1.1688 · 161–150 BC source mint search banners cite
Seleucid Coins (part 2) 1688, Tetradrachm, Silver, struck at Seleuceia ad tigrim, 161–150 BC. Obverse: jugate busts of demetrius i, diademed, and laodice, draped and wearing stephane. Reverse: tyche seated left on backless throne with winged tritoness support, holding short scepter and cornucopiae. Weight about 16.4 g, diameter 27.0 mm.
mint Seleuceia ad tigrim weight 16.36g (1)
ruler Demetrius I Soter diameter ⌀27.0 (1)
denomination Tetradrachm axis (0)
material Silver technique
country Sicily dataset SCO — Seleucid Coins Online
ODC-ODbL
obverse

Jugate busts of Demetrius I, diademed, and Laodice, draped and wearing stephane

reverse

Tyche seated left on backless throne with winged tritoness support, holding short scepter and cornucopiae

specimens (1)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 16.36g ⌀27.0

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Seleucid Coins (part 2) 1688 (sc.1.1688), 161–150 BC. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/seleucid-coins-part-2-1688/ (accessed: 2026-09-13). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA