CNG 112, Lot: 323. Estimate $500. Sold for $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos II Kallinikos. 246-225 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27.5mm, 16.99 g, 6h). Magnesia under Mt. Sipylos mint (or uncertain mint in Syria). Diademed head right / Apollo Delphios, testing arrow, standing left, leaning on tripod to right; monogram to outer left. SC 651.2 var. (monogram); HGC 9, 303f; CNG 108, lot 308 (same dies). Lightly toned. Good VF.

From the John L. Cowan Collection, purchased from Klassische Münzen (Dr. Michael Brandt; his stock ticket included).