Published by Marest-Caffey

CNG 109, Lot: 204. Estimate $500. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Obol (10.5mm, 0.67 g, 12h). Susa mint. Struck circa 300-295 BC. Head of hero (Alexander or Seleukos?) right, wearing helmet covered with panther skin and adorned with the ear and horns of a bull / Nike standing right, holding wreath that she places on trophy to right; Boeotian shield in lower middle field, monogram to lower right. SC Ad86 (this coin referenced and illustrated); ESMS –; Marest-Caffey Group 4.6, 276 corr. (monogram; A9/P9 – this coin); HGC 9, 49. VF, find patina. Extremely rare with these control marks.

From the MNL Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 369 (24 February 2016), lot 211; Gorny & Mosch 142 (10 October 2005), lot 1620.