CNG 96, Lot: 532. Estimate $2000. Sold for $2500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 16.99 g, 5h). Susa mint. Struck circa 305/4-295 BC. Head of hero (Alexander or Seleukos?) right, wearing helmet covered with panther skin and adorned with the ear and horns of a bull / Nike standing right, holding wreath that she places on trophy to right; monogram to lower left, monogram in lower middle field. SC 173.4; ESMS Tr.16 var. (A13/P– [unlisted rev. die]); ESM 426 (unlisted dies); HGC 9, 20. VF, toned, off center, some die wear on obverse.