Seleucid Empire Tetradrachm - Seleukos I Nikator, -312 – -281

Tetradrachm from Seleucid Empire. Issued from -312 to -281. Struck in Silver. Measures 0 mm and weighs 17.07 g.

Obverse

Head of Herakles in lionskin headdress to right

Reverse

Alexander the Great, his cloak billowing out behind him, riding horse with horns on his head charging to right. He holds a spear in his right hand and wears a helmet adorned with a bull’s ear and horns, and a cuirass. Below and behind horse, ΣΩ and two monograms