Triton XVII, Lot: 364. Estimate $500. Sold for $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 17.18 g, 8h). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint, workshop I. Struck circa 296/5-281 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / [BAΣIΛEΩΣ] ΣEΛEYKOY, Zeus Nikephoros seated left; monogram in left field. SC 119.8a; ESM 22 (A26/P75); CSE –; SNG Spaer 118 var. (monogram; same obv. die); HGC 9, 16f; Hunterian 10 (same dies). EF, underlying luster, some die wear on reverse.
From the RAJ Collection, purchased in 2006 from F. Shore.