CNG 87, Lot: 610. Estimate $500. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 17.05 g, 3h). Seleukeia in Pieria mint. Struck circa 300-281 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Nikephoros seated left; monogram in left field, KP below throne. SC 29.1b; Le Rider, Antioche 16-23 (obv. die A2); HGC 9, 16d. Near EF. Well centered and struck.