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420, Lot: 265. Estimate $200.
Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Hemidrachm (13.5mm, 1.54 g, 8h). Uncertain mint 19 in Baktria (Mint A in Baktria). Struck circa 288/7-281 BC. Laureate head of Zeus right / Athena Promachos, brandishing spear and holding shield, in biga drawn by two elephants right; monogram and anchor above, monogram to right. SC 263 var. (secondary monogram); SMAK MAHD-5 (α5/π5 – this coin illustrated); HGC 9, 48. VF, toned, minor porosity, light smoothing. Very rare.


From the David Nelson Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 115 (5 May 2005), lot 140.