421, Lot: 232. Estimate $100. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Hemiobol (7.7mm, 0.37 g, 3h). Babylon I mint(?). Struck circa 311-294/3 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Bow in case and club; pentagram to right. SC –; Price –; HGC 9, –. VF, toned, a touch of porosity. Extremely rare.

From the MNL Collection. Ex Artful Investments, no. GRK0018.

It is also possible, per Oliver Hoover, that this coin is pre-Seleukid, as the pentrgram control is also associated with the pre-Seleukos lion staters.