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Description
105, Lot: 83. Sold for $236.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Seleukos I Nikator. 
312-280 BC. AR Hemidrachm (10mm, 1.13 gm, 6h). 
Bactrian mint. Circa 290/86-281 BC. Laureate 
head of Zeus right / Upturned anchor; control 
mark removed from field. Cf. Kritt, Bactria, pl. 
V, X and Z; cf. SC 256 (horned horse's head) and 
282 (elephant); cf. ESM 752 and 667 (same). VF, 
rough. Possibly unique. 
This coin, combining the head of Zeus with the 
Seleukid anchor, is apparently new, and there 
are no other denominations that combine both 
types. Houghton and Lorber's "uncertain mint 18" struck 
drachms with the horse head/anchor, and this coin may be 
from the same mint. 

From the CNG Online Auction 105, 5 Jan 2005
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