421, Lot: 256. Estimate $200. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos I Soter. 281-261 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27.5mm, 16.13 g, 1h). Alexandrine types struck in the name of Seleukos I. Laodikeia mint. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, dolphin left above monogram, monogram below throne. SC 357.4c; HGC 9, 125b; Houghton,
Early, Series III, Group 15 (A17/P1–this coin cited and illustrated on pl. 15, no. 17). VF, toned, edge chip that has been filed, porous and striated surfaces, a few scratches.
From the MNL Collection. Ex Dr. Will Gordon Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 356, 29 July 2015), lot 198; Arthur Houghton Collection.