CNG 108, Lot: 305. Estimate $750. Sold for $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos II Theos. 261-246 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 17.01 g, 3h). In the name of Seleukos I, types of Alexander III of Macedon. Laodikea ad Mare mint. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, dolphin left above monogram; monogram below throne. SC 576.1 var. (monogram below dolphin); Houghton, Early, unlisted obv. die; HGC 9, 235. Good VF, toned. Rare.

From the MNL Collection. Ex CNG Inventory 995772 (January 2015); Elwood Rafn Collection.

Although this variety is unlisted in SC, the monogram below the dolphin does appear on SC 576.6.