CNG 88, Lot: 446. Estimate $2500. Sold for $3750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AV Stater (19mm, 8.55 g, 8h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Babylon I mint. Struck circa 311-300 BC. Helmeted head of Athena right; sphinx on helmet / Nike standing left, holding wreath and stylis; MI in left field, monogram in wreath below left wing. SC 81.3; Price 3749; HGC 9, 3a. Superb EF, underlying luster, minor flaw in field on reverse.