Triton XVIII, Lot: 133. Estimate $5000. Sold for $8500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 17.10 g, 1h). Susa mint. Struck circa 296/5-281 BC. Head of Zeus right, wearing laurel wreath / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΣEΛEYKOY, Athena, brandishing spear overhead in right hand, shield on left arm, in biga of elephants right; spearhead above, facing head of Sol to right, ΠA monogram and AP in exergue. SC 177.1a; ESMS EL.4 (A2/P1); ESM 307; HGC 9, 18c; Sunrise 178 (this coin). EF, toned. Very rare.

From the Sunrise Collection.