Sale: Triton VII, Lot: 338. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 12 January 2004.  Sold For $725. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Seleukos I. 312-280 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.02 gm). Babylon II mint. Struck in the name of Alexander III, circa 300-294 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress / BASILEWS ALEXANDROU, Zeus seated left, holding eagle in right hand, sceptre in left; crested Attic helmet and monogram to left, AI monogram cut over NOY under throne. SC 87.5b; Price -; Hersh, Additions 81. Toned EF, some hoard patina on the obverse. Rare variety. ($500)

From the Arthur Houghton Collection.