285, Lot: 121. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. Fourrée Double Shekel (22mm, 11.30 g, 5h). Imitating a Babylon II mint issue from 311-305 BC. Baal seated left, holding scepter / Lion walking left; anchor above. Cf. SC 88.2; cf. HGC 9, 67a. Fine, encrustation on obverse, active corrosion on exposed core on reverse.