363, Lot: 185. Estimate $100. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 16.83 g, 5h). In the types of Alexander III of Macedon. Laodikeia mint. Series 1, struck circa 300-281 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; dolphin to left above monogram in left field, monogram below throne. SC 36.3a; HGC 9, 9b. Near VF, toned, some porosity, compact flan.

From the collection of Dr. Will Gordon.