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1 Tetradrachm Imitation of Seleukos I Nikator
| Issuer | Arachosian tribes |
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| Year | 312 BC - 281 BC |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Reverse description | Zeus Aetophoros enthroned left on a throne, nude to the waist with himation draped over the lower body and left arm, holding an eagle on his outstretched right hand and a long sceptre in his left. The throne is depicted with footstool below. A monogram or control mark appears beneath the throne. The design is a barbarous imitation of the Seleukid reverse type, rendered with simplified linework characteristic of local tribal coinage. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ |
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These tribal imitations were produced in Arachosia — roughly modern Kandahar and its surrounds — during the period when Seleukos I was consolidating control over the eastern satrapies following the collapse of Alexander's unified empire. The region had long been a contested frontier, and local minting of Seleukid-style coinage almost certainly reflects a political accommodation rather than outright submission: tribes acknowledging Seleukid authority enough to mirror its currency without being fully absorbed into the administrative apparatus.
The SC1 reference places this within Houghton and Lorber's foundational cataloguing of Seleukid coinage, with the "Ad" prefix denoting an unofficial or imitative attribution — neither a royal mint product nor a fully barbarous copy.