409, Lot: 296. Estimate $750. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 16.86 g, 5h). Seleukeia on the Tigris II mint. Struck circa 296/5-281 BC. Laureate head of Zeus right / Athena, brandishing spear, shield on left arm, in quadriga of elephants right; above, monogram and anchor above Θ. SC 130.37 var. (position of control marks); HGC 9, 18a. In NGC encapsulation, graded XF, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 4/5.