Sale: CNG 73, Lot: 427. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 13 September 2006.  Sold For $455. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Seleukos I Nikator. 1st Satrapy, circa 320-315 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.90 g, 7h). Uncertain mint 6A in Babylonia. Struck in the name of Philip III of Macedon. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; monogram in left field, star below throne. SC Ad39.8; Price P160. Near EF, lightly toned, slight die shift on reverse. Choice for issue and rare.