CNG 108, Lot: 284. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 16.99 g, 3h). In the types of Alexander III of Macedon. Ekbatana mint. Struck circa 311-295/81 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, two monograms above horizontal anchor above forepart of horse grazing left, ΣΩ below throne. SC 202.11b var. (second monogram); Price 3931 var. (same); HGC 9, 9e; CNG 72, lot 926 (same dies). EF, attractively toned. Unpublished variety.

From the MNL Collection, purchased from Derek Warden, 10 January 2013.