363, Lot: 187. Estimate $100. Sold for $90. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 16.77 g, 7h). Ekbatana mint. Struck circa 295-281 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, anchor above AT monogram; AΠ (or ΑΓ) monogram below throne. SC 204.8a; ESM 506; HGC 9, 12k. Near VF, toned, test cut on the obverse, a few marks and scratches. Rare.

From the collection of Dr. Will Gordon.