CNG 96, Lot: 527. Estimate $2000. Sold for $3000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AV Stater (17mm, 8.54 g, 3h). 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 below left wing, monogram in wreath below right wing. SC 81.7; Price 3707; HGC 9, 3a. VF, lightly toned, a couple spots of die rust, some die wear.

From the Ronald J. Hansen Collection, purchased from Noble, October 2002. Ex CNG Inventory 732028 (July 2001).