Exceptional Unpublished Susa Tetradrachm

Sale: CNG 76, Lot: 783. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 12 September 2007.  Sold For $3350. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos I Soter. 281-261 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.09 g, 5h). Susa mint. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, monogram in circle; below throne, APX above strut. Cf. SC 399.1/399.2 (for primary/secondary controls). EF. Unpublished variety in a very rare series.

This new type provides a link between SC 399.1 and 399.2; the primary control, APX, is retained from the former, while the secondary control in the left field is found on the latter.