Seleukos I Nike bronzes

[Reid Goldsborough]

Another Seleukos question. Apologies for crossposting.

Anybody have for sale, or ever see for sale, the Seleukos I bronze depicting an elephant-headed portrait of Alexander the Great facing right on the obverse and a standing Nike facing left on the reverse, minted in Susa and Ekbatana c. 300-298 BC?

It's not in Sear, but attributions include, for Susa, Price 3875-3879 and ESM 291, 294-297 and for Ekbatana, Price 3916, ESM 459, and SNG Cop. 1065. This coin type is also discussed in Kirsten Dahmen's 2007 book Alexander the Great on Greek and Roman Coins and in Brian Kritt's 1997 book The Early Seleucid Mint of Susa, among other places.

Only I couldn't find a single specimen in either CoinArchives.com or Wildwinds.com. Are they that rare, or am I missing something? Thanks.

[Dino]

There's a silver coin I saw recently that matches the description you gave, but it's Ptolemy I.   I

[Dino]

Oops, you said Nike not Athena.


....Never mind.

[Reid Goldsborough]

Similar obverses. This Ptolemy I tet is interesting too, but not rare.

[Dino]

So if you take the obverse of the Ptolemy and the material and reverse of this one, you'd have the coin your looking for.

Described as:

Seleucus I Nikator Very Large Bronze coin Diameter 21 mm.

Obverse: Helmeted bust of Seleukos or Athena.  Reverse: ÂÁÓÉËÅÙÓ ÓÅËÅÕÊÏÕ with Winged Nike
standing and crowning.   Rare bronze coin of Seleucus of such large diameter. Nice desert patina.

[Dino]

Check this out:

Early Hellenistic Coinage By Otto Mørkholm

http://books.google.com/books?id=U_5Ez0kAOuIC&pg=PA72&lpg=PA72&dq=seleucus+bronze+nike+alexander+elephant&source=web&ots=RkCCYoU95v&sig=J9O1tF8qrCnH82fF3fPje2rXdu4