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| Seleukid Kings. Demetrios I Soter (162-150 BC) Celtic Imitative AR Drachm |
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Attribution: cf. SC 1774 for official issue
Date: 140-70 BC
Obverse: Diademed bust right
Reverse: Blundered legend, cornucopia
Size: 16.58mm
Weight: .96 grams
Rarity:  6
Description: toned VF. Purchased December 1992. There was a group of these that came to the market in 1992-1993. In CNG XXVII (29 September 1993), lot 726, the CNG cataloger describes the origin of these coins: "Several tribes of Celtic Gauls had settled in Asia Minor in the 3rd century BC in a region that became known as Galatia. They were frequently employed as mercinaries, and these coins may have been struck by them from their booty."
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