CNG 109, Lot: 198. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25.5mm, 17.15 g, 11h). Seleukeia on the Tigris II mint. Struck circa 296/5-281 BC. Laureate head of Zeus right / Athena, brandishing spear, shield on left arm, in quadriga of elephants right; anchor above, [Σ to right], monogram in exergue. SC 130.7b; ESM 36 (dies A35/P105); HGC 9, 18a. Good VF, off center on reverse.