CNG 108, Lot: 287. Estimate $1000. Sold for $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos I Soter. Joint reign with Seleukos I, 294-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28.5mm, 16.95 g, 6h). In the types of Alexander III of Macedon. Seleukeia on the Tigris I mint. Struck circa 296/5-281 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Nikephoros seated left; in left field, retrograde HP monogram(?) above ΠO. Cf. SC 120.1a (same obv. die as illustration); HGC 9, 17. VF, struck with worn obverse die. Unpublished variety with these control marks. Extremely rare.

From the MNL Collection, purchased from Vilmar Numismatics, 1 March 2016. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 367 (27 January 2016), lot 250.