CNG 108, Lot: 260. Estimate $750. Sold for $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. As satrap, 321-315 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 17.09 g, 5h). In the name of Philip III. Babylon (II) mint. Struck circa 318/7-315 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; long torch and monogram in left field; below throne, Z below struts. SC CAd43.16 (formerly SC 79); Duyrat, Arados 971–5 var. (D226/R– [unlisted rev. die]; Arados mint); Price P153 corr. (monogram in circle); HGC 9, 11b. Good VF, toned. Rare.

From the MNL Collection. Ex CNG Inventory 931933 (September 2012).