426, Lot: 207. Estimate $300. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. As satrap, 321-315 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28.5mm, 17.12 g, 4h). In the name of Philip III of Macedon, types of Alexander III. Babylon (II) mint. Struck circa 318/7-315 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; thunderbolt-over-monogram in left field, Z below throne. SC CAd43.9; Duyrat Group V, Series 3, 880–95 (Arados); Price P141; HGC 9, 11 var. (unlisted issue). Good VF. Well centered.