CNG 96, Lot: 528. Estimate $2500. Sold for $4500. 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 (17mm, 8.51 g, 2h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Babylon I mint. Struck circa 311-300 BC. Helmeted head of Athena right / Nike standing left, holding wreath and cradling stylis; H below left wing, monogram in wreath below right wing. SC 81.7 var. (monogram); Price 3707 var. (same); HGC 9, 3a; Triton XVII, lot 363. EF, a little die wear and die rust on obverse. Rare with this monogram variety.