345, Lot: 324. Estimate $100. Sold for $70. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Seleukos I Nikator. As satrap, 321-315 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 16.85 g, 5h). In the name of Philip III of Macedon. Babylon II mint. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, monogram above grapes; Z below throne. SC CAd 43.13; Price P155 corr. (with royal title; Arados); Duyrat Series 9, 986–1018 (Arados); HGC 9, 11b. Good Fine, toned, ex-jewelry, patches of solder on reverse. Very rare.

From the Michael Joffre Collection.