CNG 97, Lot: 284. Estimate $500. Sold for $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos I Soter. 281-261 BC. Æ (14mm, 2.14 g, 9h). Uncertain mint in Mesopotamia or further east. Horned horse head right / Upright anchor; monograms flanking. Cf. SC 377 (larger denomination, possibly correction to monogram [see below]); cf. HGC 9, 175 (same). VF, green and brown patina, a few tiny pits. Unpublished denomination for series. Apparently unique.

The size and weight of this coin fit the criteria for SC’s bronze denomination D. Previously, only coins of denomination B and C were known for this series. This coin has the same left-side monogram as SC 377, but may also correct the reading for the right-side control mark. Due to the relatively poor state of preservation of the published examples of SC 377 (WSM pl. XIII, 13–4; CSE 1309; and TT&A 165–6), the right-side control is mostly unclear in their illustrations, but was thought to be a retrograde B. What is visible in the illustrations of those examples is compatible with the monogram on the present coin.