CNG 88, Lot: 451. Estimate $3000. Sold for $7000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23mm, 16.89 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, monogram in lower middle field. SC 173.4; ESMS Tr.7 var. (A4/P- [unlisted rev. die]); HGC 9, 20. Near EF, small cut on edge at 3h on reverse.