CNG 108, Lot: 275. Estimate $3000. Sold for $4500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AV Stater (19.5mm, 8.57 g, 8h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Babylon II mint. Struck circa 311-300 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing triple-crested Corinthian helmet adorned with a griffin / AΛEΞANΔPOY BAΣIΛEΩΣ, Nike standing left, holding wreath in extended right hand, cradling stylis in left arm; upright anchor in inner left field, Π below left wing, monogram below right wing. SC 93.2; Price 3352; HGC 9, 3b. VF, attractively toned, a few minor edge marks.

From the MNL Collection. Ex Wolfen Family Foundation (Goldberg 72, 5 February 2013), lot 4085 (hammer $3700); Leu 15 (4 May 1976), lot 340; Hess-Leu [11] (24 March 1959), lot 286.