CNG 94, Lot: 708. Estimate $2000. Sold for $3750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AV Stater (18mm, 8.54 g, 8h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Babylon I mint. Struck circa 311-300 BC. Helmeted head of Athena right, serpent on helmet / Nike standing right, holding wreath and cradling stylis; H in left field, monogram in wreath below left wing. SC 81.7 var. (different position of control marks); Price 3707 var. (same); HGC 9, 3a. Superb EF, underlying luster, slight die shift on reverse.

From the Clearwater Collection.