Sale: CNG 78, Lot: 901. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 May 2008.  Sold For $680. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.90 g, 4h). Susa mint. Struck in the name of Alexander III of Macedon, circa 311-305 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, wreath above horned horse’s head left; below throne, ΔI above strut, z below. SC 164.3; ESMS Al.4 (A2/P1); Price 3863. VF, dark find patina. Rare.