CNG 108, Lot: 285. Estimate $750. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 17.10 g, 6h). Ekbatana mint. Struck circa 295-281 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, monogram above horizontal anchor above forepart of horse grazing left, ΣΩ below throne. SC 204.1c corr. (monogram); HGC 9, 12k. VF, toned.
From the MNL Collection, purchased from Vilmar Numismatics, 11 October 2015. Ex Alexandre Carathéodory Pasha (1833-1906) Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 351, 20 May 2015), lot 357.