CNG 108, Lot: 274. Estimate $400. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 17.14 g, 9h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Babylon I mint. Struck circa 300-294/3 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; monogram in left field, BΛ below throne. SC 87.2; Price 3778; HGC 9, 10f. VF, toned.
From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection, purchased from Classical Numismatic Group, 20 January 2006.