Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 577. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $1150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.12 g, 6h). 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, BE above strut, TI below. SC 168; ESMS p. 35, S-7; Price 3868. Good VF, toned. Exceptional for issue.