Triton XV, Lot: 1282. Estimate $1500. Sold for $2000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos I Soter. 281-261 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 17.07 g, 12h). Pergamon mint. Struck under Philetairos in the name of Seleukos I, circa 279-274 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / ΣEΛEYKOY BAΣIΛEΩΣ, Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet; crescent below throne. SC 308b; WSM 1532θ = Hirsch 1634 (same rev. die); CSE -; SNG Spaer 242 (same obv. die); HGC 9, 125a. EF, toned, slight die shift on reverse.