CNG 87, Lot: 616. Estimate $3000. Sold for $3250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (22mm, 17.04 g, 8h). 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; monogram to lower left, MI in lower middle field. SC 173.4; ESMS Tr.19 (A16/P- [unlisted rev. die]); HGC 9, 20. VF, toned, struck on a compact flan.