289, Lot: 142. Estimate $300. Sold for $360. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos I Soter. 281-261 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 17.36 g, 12h). Pergamon mint. Struck under Philetairos in the name of Seleukos I, circa 279-274 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet; crescent below throne. SC 308b; HGC 9, 125a. VF, lightly toned. Scarce.

Ex Gorny 90 (12 October 1998), lot 451.