Freeman & Sear - F&S Mail Bid Sale #11 Lot: 161

G4053
SELEUCID KINGDOM: Seleucus II Callinicus. 246-226 BC. AR 
tetradrachm (16.53 gm).

SELEUCID KINGDOM: Seleucus II Callinicus (246-226 BC). 
AR tetradrachm (16.53 gm), Uncertain Mint 37, in 
Mesopotamia west of Nisibis. Diademed head of Seleucus 
II right, with close-cropped beard / Apollo standing 
left, examining arrow and resting elbow on tall tripod, 
APT monogram in outer left field, PARN monogram in outer 
right field. Cf. 680.3 (where the portrait is clean 
shaven). Unique and important. Overstruck on a 
tetradrachm of Alexander III, some flaws as a result. 
Otherwise good very fine
This is the first known example of a coin portraying 
Seleucus II with a close-cropped beard. 
Houghton and Lorber placed the mint in Cilicia. But a 
location in western Mesopotamia 
seems more likely. 
Estimated Value: $ 750 

sold for $550, [ approx 412.5 EUR, 286 GBP 

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