325, Lot: 261. Estimate $200. Sold for $280. 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 (26mm, 16.98 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Susa mint. Struck circa 305-298/7 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; bee in left field, AY below throne. SC 164.5; Price 3689 corr. (AY not ΛΥ); ESMS A1.15-7; HGC 9, 10g. VF, light marks and scratches. For correction and attribution to Susa, see Hersh 144.