Triton XVII, Lot: 366. Estimate $2000. Sold for $2900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 17.21 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 HPA monogram above. SC 130.45; WSM 1626; CSE –; SNG Spaer –; HGC 9, 18a; Jameson 2343. Near EF, a touch off center. Bold strike.

From the RAJ Collection, purchased in 2009 from Freeman & Sear.