CNG 112, Lot: 319. Estimate $1000. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 17.03 g, 6h). Susa mint. Struck circa 296/5-281 BC. Head of Zeus right, wearing laurel wreath / Athena, brandishing spear overhead, wearing shield on arm, in biga of elephants right; spearhead above, MΩ monogram to lower right. SC 177.2; ESMS EL.24 (A6/P11); ESM 316γ (same dies); HGC 9, 18c; SNG Lockett 3094 = Pozzi 2920 (same obv. die). Lightly toned, slightly off center, minor flan flaw on reverse. VF.

From the John L. Cowan Collection. Ex Cederlind 152 (18 August 2009), lot 66.