418, Lot: 337. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1410. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27.5mm, 17.21 g, 10h). 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, [control marks] above anchor. Cf. SC 130; HGC 9, 18a. Good VF, toned, underlying luster, minor double strike on reverse. High relief obverse.