72, Lot: 36. Estimate $1000. Sold for $675. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Seleukos I. 312-280 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 16.51 gm). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Struck from circa 295/6 BC. Laureate head of Zeus right / Athena advancing right in quadriga drawn by four horned elephants; brandishing spear and shield; anchor above, O to left, monogram beneath anchor. SC 130(34)c var. (• within O); Newell, ESM 84 var. (same); cf. SNG Spaer 95. VF, oblong flan. Scarce.