CNG 88, Lot: 444. Estimate $500. Sold for $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 17.07 g, 12h). Seleukeia in Pieria mint. Struck circa 300-281 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Nikephoros seated left; monogram in left field, KP below throne. SC 29.1b; Le Rider, Antioche 17-9 (A2/P9); HGC 9, 16d. Near EF, tiny die break on forehead of Herakles. Exceptionally detailed reverse.