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Auction: 316 - The Collector's Series
Lot: 5

Seleukid Kings of Syria. Seleukos I Nikator (312-281 BC). AR Tetradrachm. Seleukeia on the Tigris, struck ca. 296/5-281 BC. 17.18 gms. Laureate head of Zeus r., rev. Athena, brandishing spear and shield, in quadriga of horned elephants r., anchor above, AN(?) in ex. Cf.SC 130.3. Struck from shallow dies, some old surface nicks, Fine.
In 303 BC, a treaty of amity and peace was reached between Seleukos I and Chandragupta Maurya, founder of the Mauryan Empire in northern India. Chandragupta married the daughter of Seleukos and sent 500 war elephants to his new father-in-law.

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