CNG 97, Lot: 282. Estimate $7500. Sold for $13000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 17.04 g, 3h). 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 / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΣEΛEYKOY, Nike standing right, holding in both hands a wreath that she places on trophy to right; monogram to lower left, monogram in lower middle field. SC 173.5b; ESMS Tr.38 (A29/P5); ESM 424 (A11/P13); HGC 9, 20. Near EF, lightly toned. Well centered and struck.

From the Patrick H. C. Tan Collection.