Seleukid Coins

Cited Coins of Seleukeia in Pieria

Related to MSE-AE-02

Cited in description of coin MSE-AE-02:

LHS Numismatik AG, Auction 83 (May 6, 2002), Lot 370, obverseLHS Numismatik AG, Auction 83 (May 6, 2002), Lot 370, reverse

Authority: autonomous municipal issue
Mint: Seleukeia in Pieria
Period: 97/6 BC
Denomination: AR Drachm
Weight: 3.66 g
Diameter:
Obverse: Veiled, turreted, and draped bust of Tyche of Seleukeia right; dotted border
Reverse: ‘ΣΕΛΕΥΚΕΩΝ ΤΗΣ ΙΕΡΑΣ’ above, ‘ΚΑΙ ΑΥΤΟΝΟΜΟ[Υ]’ below (“of the Seleukeians of the Sacred and Autonomous [city]”); winged thunderbolt; civic era date ΓΙ (year 13, i.e. 97/6 BC) in upper field; control mark at the right below the thunderbolt; laurel wreath border
Die Position: c. 115º
References: unpublished (?)
Source: Photo courtesy of LHS Numismatik AG (formerly Leu Numismatik AG) – Auction 83 (May 6, 2002), Lot 370

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