422, Lot: 286. Estimate $150. Sold for $95. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 17.11 g, 4h). In the name of Alexander III of Macedon. Babylon II mint. Struck circa 311-300 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; anchor and monogram to left, A below throne. SC C94.8; Price 3350; HGC 9, 10g. VF, lightly toned, a little off center.

From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection, purchased from Fred Shore, 13 January 2006.