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| Seleukid Kings. Seleukos I Nikator (312-280 BC) Æ18 / Medusa |
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Attribution: SC 153 Antiochia on the Orontes
Date: 280's BC
Obverse: Winged head of Medusa right
Reverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ / ΣΕΛΕΥΚOY, humped bull butting right
Size: 18.19mm
Weight: 5.63 grams
Rarity: 5
Description: VF. ex Atlantis Ltd (Dave Hermann) with his tag. The bull on the reverse recalls when Nikator stopped a similar bull with his bare hands that had broken free while Alexander the Great was sacrificing it at the altar.
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