CNG 94, Lot: 726. Estimate $750. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 16.90 g, 5h). Ekbatana mint. Struck circa 295-281 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, anchor and monogram above forepart of horse grazing left, monogram below throne. SC 204.5a; HGC 9, 12k. Good VF, toned. Well centered and struck.

From the JMG Collection.