CNG 85, Lot: 484. Estimate $300. Sold for $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Drachm (17mm, 4.13 g, 4h). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint II. Struck circa 296/5-281 BC. Laureate head of Zeus right / Athena, brandishing spear and shield, in elephant quadriga right; [anchor above], monogram behind Athena, monogram below shield. SC 131.3c; SNG Spaer 100 (same rev. die); HGC 9, 32a. VF, toned, light cleaning scratches, a few deposits on reverse.

Struck from the same obverse die as ESM 91β, the issue without control marks (SC 131.8).