Sale: CNG 66, Lot: 662. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 19 May 2004.  Sold For $625. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Seleukos I. 312-280 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.50 gm). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint II. Struck circa 296/5-280 BC. Laureate head of Zeus right / Athena Promachos, brandishing spear and holding large shield, in quadriga drawn by four elephants right; monogram and Q below shield, anchor above elephants. SC 130.34a; ESM 87; SNG Spaer -. VF, porous and a bit overcleaned. ($750)