Sale: CNG 63, Lot: 616. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 May 2003.  Sold For $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Seleukos III. 226-223 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.84 gm). Ekbatana mint. Diademed head right / Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding arrow and bow; monogram and horsehead to outer left, monogram to outer right. SC 944 = Newell, ESM 571 = Houghton 1159 (this coin). Toned VF. Unique! ($750)

Ex Arthur Houghton Collection, 1159; J. Schulman 262 (14 May 1975), lot 1088; Julius Wertheim Collection.