Fine Style Slabbed Tetradrachm in High Relief

261, Lot: 137. Estimate $300. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 17.09 g, 11h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Babylon I mint. Struck circa 311-300 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; monogram within wreath in left field, MI below throne. Price 3746; SC 82.5a; HGC 9, 10f. In NGC slab (as Alexander III), graded XF, Strike 5/5, Surface 3/5. Fine style and in high relief.