Triton XIV, Lot: 352. Estimate $2000. Sold for $4000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AV Stater (17mm, 8.58 g, 9h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Babylon I mint. Struck circa 311-300 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing single pendant earring, necklace, and triple-crested Corinthian helmet adorned with a griffin / BAΣIΛEΩ[Σ] AΛEΞANΔPOY, Nike standing left, holding wreath in extended right hand, cradling stylis in left arm; H to left, monogram in wreath below right wing. SC 81.7 var. (position of controls, serpent on helmet); Price 3707 var. (same); HGC 9, 3a; SNG München -; SNG Alpha Bank -; SNG Saroglos 158. EF, small nick on edge at 5 o’clock on reverse. Extremely rare variety.