CNG 108, Lot: 297. Estimate $5000. Sold for $4250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos I Soter. 281-261 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 16.84 g, 1h). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Diademed head right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY, Apollo Delphios, testing arrow held in right hand, left hand resting on grounded bow to right, seated left on omphalos; monograms to outer right and in exergue. SC 379.2; HGC 9, 128g. EF, deeply toned. High relief and an attractive portrait.
From the MNL Collection. Ex New York Sale XXX (9 January 2013), lot 174; Numismatic Fine Arts X (17 September 1981), lot 219.