CNG 84, Lot: 687. Estimate $2000. Sold for $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 17.44 g, 4h). Seleukeia on the Tigris Mint II. Struck circa 296/5-281 BC. Laureate head of Zeus right / Athena in biga of horned elephants right, brandishing spear and shield; anchor and monogram above elephants. SC 130.25a; WSM 1626, pl. LXXIX, 5 = Jameson 2343 (same dies); HGC 9, 18a. VF. Well struck on a broad flan.