CNG 100, Lot: 1561. Estimate $500. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 17.12 g, 11h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Susa mint. Struck circa 311-305 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, wreath above horned horse’s head left; below throne, ΔI above strut, Z below. SC 164.3; ESMS Al.3 (A2/P1); Price 3863; HGC 9, 10g. Near EF, a touch of die wear, a couple light marks, light deposits on reverse. Rare.