CNG 94, Lot: 719. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23mm, 16.88 g, 5h). Seleukeia on the Tigris II mint. Struck circa 296/5-281 BC. Laureate head of Zeus right / Athena, brandishing spear and shield, in quadriga of elephants right; anchor above, monogram to left of anchor, Θ below anchor. SC 130.37 var. (position of control marks); ESM –; HGC 9, 18a. VF, toned. Unpublished variety.