345, Lot: 326. Estimate $150. Sold for $190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Hemidrachm (13mm, 2.05 g, 7h). Ekbatana mint. Struck circa 311-295 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, monogram above anchor above forepart of horse grazing left; ΣΩ below throne. SC 212.5b var. (no horse forepart); Price 3939 var. (same); HGC 9, 41c. VF, toned. Good metal for issue, well centered. An unpublished fraction of the tetradrachm issue SC 208.5/Price 3929.