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Coin Type: Chipped silver tetradrachm of Demetrios I Soter of Seleukia, 162-150 BCE. Antioch mint, 155-154 BCE. Size and Weight: 32mm x 31mm, 15.87g Obverse: Diademed head right within wreath. Reverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΔEMETPIOY ΣΩTEPOΣ Tyche, holding sceptre and cornucopia, seated left on throne supported by tritoness right. Field Marks: Monograms at outer left. Exergue:HNP (date) = 158 Seleucid Era = 155-154 BCE. Provenance: numismatiklanz (eBay), December 2013. Ref: SC 1641.3a; HGC 9, 798. (Not verified.) BW Ref: 001 055 169 |
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