421, Lot: 219. Estimate $150. Sold for $90. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Hemidrachm (13.1mm, 1.80 g, 3h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Uncertain mint 6A in Babylonia. Struck circa 311-305/0 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; anchor in left field, monogram below throne. SC 70.1; Price 3442; HGC 9, 42. VF, toned, a few light scratches, a touch of granularity. Very rare.

From the MNL Collection. Ex Frank L. Kovacs Inventory.