CNG 94, Lot: 707. Estimate $2000. Sold for $3000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AV Stater (18mm, 8.55 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Babylon I mint. Struck circa 311-300 BC. Helmeted head of Athena right, serpent on helmet / Nike standing right, holding wreath and cradling stylis; H below left wing, monogram in wreath below right wing. SC 81.7; Price 3707; HGC 9, 3a. Superb EF, lustrous, die shift and patch of die rust on obverse, die breaks on reverse.
From the Clearwater Collection.