CNG 108, Lot: 262. Estimate $500. Sold for $1002. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 16.71 g, 6h). In the name of Alexander III of Macedon. Antigoneia or Seleukeia in Pieria mint. Struck circa 300 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Nikephoros seated left; monogram in left field. SC 27; Le Rider, Antioche – (A1/P3 [unlisted die combination]); Price 3191; HGC 9, 9a; Athena Fund II 433 (this coin). Near EF, lightly toned, a little off center. Very rare issue in the name of Alexander with Zeus Nikephoros.

From the MNL Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 338 (5 November 2014), lot 108; Athena Fund (Sotheby’s Zurich, 27 October 1993), lot 433.