CNG 109, Lot: 221. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos I Soter. 281-261 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24.5mm, 16.65 g, 6h). Aï Khanoum mint. Struck circa 271-266 BC. Diademed head right / Apollo Delphios, testing arrow and resting hand on grounded bow, seated left on omphalos; monogram to inner left. SC 438.1a; SMAK A1TA-32 (A14/P23 – this coin); HGC 9, 128i. Good VF, lightly toned, slightly off center on reverse. Exquisite portrait.

From the MNL Collection, purchased from Frank Kovacs via Richard Pearlman, September 2011. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 54 (14 June 2000), lot 772.