397, Lot: 203. Estimate $150. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24.5mm, 16.91 g, 5h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Susa mint. Struck circa 305-298/7 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; bee in left field, AY below throne. SC 164.5; Price 3689 corr. (AY not ΛΥ, Susa not Babylon); ESMS A1.15 (A9/P1); HGC 9, 10g. Fine, toned.

From the collection of Dr. Will Gordon.