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 to the right; to lower left: BE, in lower middle field: Boeotian shield, to lower right: monogram; pearl border.
Ref.: SC 173.1; Hoover 20; Kritt, ESMS Tr. 1-4; Marest-Caffey, AJN 28 (2016), Group 1.1.
Lightly toned, some light marks. Nearly Extremely Fine.
