Fourth Known Attic Weight Obol from Aï Khanoum

400, Lot: 305. Estimate $150. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Obol (8mm, 0.59 g, 6h). Attic standard. Aï Khanoum mint. Struck circa 286 BC. Laureate head of Zeus right / Athena in biga of horned elephants right, brandishing spear and shield; Seleukid anchor above. SC –; SMAK S1OA-3 (a–/p3 [unlisted obv. die]); HGC 9, –. VF, toned. Extremely rare, the fourth known.