381, Lot: 220. Estimate $150. Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. As satrap, 321-315 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26.5mm, 16.96 g, 5h). In the name and types of Philip III of Macedon. Babylon II mint. Struck circa 318/7-315 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, ΛY above prow left; Z below throne. Price P158; SC Ad43.15; Duyrat group V, series 11; cf. HGC 9, 11. Near VF, lightly toned, some marks in field on reverse.

From the collection of Will Gordon.