372, Lot: 170. Estimate $100. Sold for $85. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Obol (9mm, 0.60 g, 6h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Ekbatana mint. Struck circa 311-295/81 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, monogram above anchor. SC 216.6c; Price 3948; HGC 9, 53c. VF, toned, light cleaning marks, minor roughness on reverse. Very rare.

From the Nicholas Sicurella Collection.