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- ID: 373
Submitter: Federico Pastrone
Added: 1998-04-14
SYRIA. The Seleucid Kings.
Seleucus I Nicator, 312-280 B.C.
AR-Decadrachm.
Av.: Head of a horse to r.
Rv.: Elephant to r.
40,74 g. 34 mm. 10h.
FAKE – A fantasy based on a tetradrachm of the exact type from Pergamum (See WSM 1528, pl.LXVIII,9). – Pressed, false pitting and patina. Said to be from Syria.