342, Lot: 337. Estimate $200. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. Fourrée Tetradrachm (25.5mm, 14.75 g, 9h). In the name of Alexander III of Macedon. Imitating Babylon I mint. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, MI above rudder; monogram in wreath below throne. For prototype: cf. SC 82.3e; cf. Price 3761; cf. HGC 9, 10f. VF, plating broken in spots, exposing core.
From Group SGF.