CNG 87, Lot: 615. Estimate $2000. Sold for $4950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 17.12 g, 12h). Susa mint. Struck circa 305/4-295 BC. Male head (Alexander or Seleukos?) right, wearing helmet covered with leopard skin and adorned with the ear and horns of a bull / Nike standing right, placing wreath on trophy; BE to lower left, Boeotian shield in lower middle field, monogram to lower right. SC 173.1; ESMS Tr.3 (A1/P2); HGC 9, 20. VF, toned. Rare issue.