Triton XVI, Lot: 546. Estimate $5000. Sold for $4000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 16.97 g, 4h). 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 / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΣEΛEYKOY, Nike standing right, placing wreath on trophy; monogram to lower left, MI in lower middle field. SC 173.9; ESMS Tr.46–7 var. (A36/P– [unlisted rev. die]); ESM 422; CSE –; SNG Spaer –; HGC 9, 20. Good VF, attractive light gray toning. Well struck on a broad flan.