Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 575. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $275. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.10 g, 4h). Seleukeia on the Tigris Mint I. Struck circa 300-296/5 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; monogram in left field, K below throne. SC 117.1d. VF. Well centered strike.