Sale: CNG 61, Lot: 798. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 25 September 2002.  Sold For $565. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Seleukid Kings. Seleukos I. 312-280 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.00 gm). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Struck after 296/295 BC. Laureate head of Zeus right / Athena Promachos in quadriga drawn by horned elephants; anchor above, ÐP in exergue. Houghton & Lorber 130(3); SNG Spaer -; Newell, ESM -; Houghton -. VF, porous, scratches. ($500)