421, Lot: 258. Estimate $750. Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos I Soter. 281-261 BC. Lot of three (3) AR Tetradrachms. Susa mint. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, monogram; below throne, letters above strut. Varieties in lot include: a) monogram in left field, APX above strut (24.8mm, 16.17 g, 3h); b) monogram in left field, APX above strut (25.8mm, 15.73 g, 12h); c) monogram within circle in left field, APX above strut (24.8mm, 16.38 g, 11h). a) SC 399.1a; b) 399.1b; c) SC 399.1-2 transition; and HGC 9, 125c for all three. Average VF, toned, some porosity and/or roughness.

From the MNL Collection. Coins a) and b) are ex Frank L. Kovacs Inventory, c) is ex Pars Coins Inventory.

An interesting group of tetradrachms demonstrating the two varieties of 399.1 and then the transition to 399.2.