CNG 94, Lot: 705. Estimate $500. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 17.16 g, 4h). Seleukeia in Pieria mint. Struck circa 300-281 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Nikephoros seated left; monogram in left field and below throne. SC 29.1e; Le Rider, Antioche 34 (A3/P17); HGC 9, 16d. Near EF, underlying luster.