372, Lot: 168. Estimate $100. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Hemidrachm (14.5mm, 1.89 g, 7h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Uncertain mint 6A in Babylonia. Struck circa 311-305/0 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; anchor in left field, monogram below throne. SC 70.1a; Price 3442; HGC 9, 42. VF, toned, a few marks. Very rare.

From the Nicholas Sicurella Collection.