Lot 4623

Description

Syria, Seleucis and Pieria, Seleucia, (after 109 B.C.) and issued in year 4 = 106-5 B.C., silver tetradrachm, (14.98 g), obv. veiled and turreted bust of Tyche to right, in bead and reel border, rev. thunderbol, with fillet on cushion on stool, **SELEUKEWN / THS IERAS*, below KAI / AVTONOMOV, between legs of stool **D* (date = 4), monogram to left, N to right, (S.5887 [year 11], Cohen 'Dated Coins of Antiquity' (p.378), notes date) BMC 270, HGC 9, 1382). Toned, nealy extremely fine, a very rare date (the first date in the series).

Ex Spink America, December 7, 1995 (lot 2160) with lot ticket.