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Drachm - Seleukos I Susa
| Issuer | Seleucid Empire |
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| Year | 301 BC - 295 BC |
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| Value | Drachm (1) |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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Seleukos I struck this issue at Susa — the ancient Achaemenid administrative capital in what is now southwestern Iran — during the consolidation phase following the Battle of Ipsus in 301 BC, where the coalition against Antigonos Monophthalmos finally broke Antigonid dominance over the successor kingdoms. Control of Susa was strategically critical: the city held the royal treasury infrastructure inherited from the Persians, and operating a mint there was as much a political claim as a financial one. Production at this mint was relatively brief, ceasing by around 295 BC as Seleukid minting activity shifted westward.