Triton XVI, Lot: 545. Estimate $2000. Sold for $4250. 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, 7h). Susa mint. Struck circa 305/4-295 BC. Head of hero (Alexander or Seleukos?) right, wearing helmet covered with panther 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.22 (A19/P14); ESM 426 (A12/P16); CSE 1023; SNG Spaer –; HGC 9, 20; Kraay & Hirmer 740 (same dies). Near EF, lightly toned, obverse off center, minor scratch near edge on obverse.