CNG 91, Lot: 350. Estimate $500. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 17.12 g, 12h). Sardes mint. Struck circa 282-281 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Nikephoros seated left; in left field, monogram on shield; AΣ below throne. SC 3.1; Miller & Hoover 1-20 var. (A1/P– [unlisted rev. die]); HGC 9, 16a. Good VF, toned, some minor die wear on obverse.

From a Continental Collection.