Description
Susa, circa 305-295 BC. AR tetradrachm, 17.07 gr., 27 mm.
Obv.: head of hero (Alexander the Great or Seleukos as Dionysos) to the right, wearing Attic helmet covered with panther skin and adorned with the ear and horns of a bull, a leopard’s skin over his shoulders and knotted around his neck; pearl border.
Rev.: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΣEΛEYKOY; Nike standing on ground line to the right, holding wreath in both hands placing it on trophy of Macedonian arms set on sapling tree to the right, from which branch sprouts near base; to lower middle and left: monograms; pearl border.
Ref.: SC 173.4; Newell 426; Kritt, ESMS Tr. 7-33; Marest-Caffey, AJN 28 (2016), Group 1.4; Hoover 20.
Lightly toned, some light marks. Extremely Fine.
