Sale: CNG 63, Lot: 607. Estimate $1000. Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 May 2003. Sold For $1224. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Seleukos I. 312-280 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.07 gm). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Struck from circa 295/6 BC. Laureate head of Zeus right / Athena, holding spear and shield, advancing right in quadriga drawn by four horned elephants; anchor above,
NL to left,
DA beneath anchor. SC 130(13)=
NumCirc May 1993, 2430 (this coin); Newell,
ESM -. Lightly toned, nice VF. Scarce. ($1000)
Ex Classical Numismatic Group 31 (9-10 September 1994), lot 397; Spink Numismatic Circular (May 1993), lot 2430 .
This is the only recorded specimen with these particular control marks.