Triton XVII, Lot: 365. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 17.08 g, 5h). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint, workshop II. Struck circa 296/5-281 BC. Head of Zeus right, wearing laurel wreath / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΣEΛEYKOY, Athena, brandishing spear overhead in right hand, shield on left arm, in quadriga of elephants right; anchor and Θ above, HPAY monogram to left. SC 130.43 var. (position of monogram); ESM 122 var. (same); CSE –; SNG Spaer –; HGC 9, 18a. Good VF, toned, a little off center. Unpublished variety.