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Tetradrachm of Antiochos I Soter of Syria, Laodikeia ad Mare in the name of Seleukos

Tetradrachm of Antiochos I Soter of Syria, Laodikeia ad Mare in the name of Seleukos

r. 281-261 BCE

Antiochos I Soter

Greek

Obv.: Head of youthful Herakles r.wearing lion's skin. Border of dots. Rev.: Zeus seated l. on throne, holding eagle in r. hand, and scepter in l.; on r., SELEUKO[U]; in exergue, BASILEUS; beneath eagle, dolphin.

Silver

Seleucid period

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