Sale: CNG 75, Lot: 457. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 23 May 2007.  Sold For $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.23 g, 11h). Susa mint. Struck circa 295-281 BC. Laureate head of Zeus right / Athena Promachos, brandishing spear and holding shield, in biga of elephants right; spearhead above, MW monogram to lower right. SC 177.2; ESMS El.19 (A4/P7); ESM 316; SNG Spaer -; Houghton -. Good VF. Rare type with biga.

From the Richard Winokur Collection.