Sale: CNG 76, Lot: 781. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 12 September 2007.  Sold For $275. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos I Soter. 281-261 BC. AR Drachm (4.17 g, 2h). Laodicea mint. Series 3, struck in the name of Seleukos I. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, dolphin left above monogram in circle; monogram in circle below throne. SC 358.5; Houghton, Early, Group 18 (obv. die a9). VF. Rare.