Triton XXII, Lot: 290. Estimate $750. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Hemidrachm (13mm, 2.04 g, 12h). Ekbatana mint. Struck circa 295-281 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / [BAΣIΛEΩΣ] ΣEΛEYKOY, Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, monogram above horizontal anchor above forepart of horse grazing left, monogram below throne. SC 214.2; ESM 489; HGC 9, 44c. Good VF, toned, a little off center, some porosity. Very rare, none in CoinArchives.

From the MNL Collection, purchased from Vilmar Numismatics, 5 November 2015.