Sale: CNG 66, Lot: 669. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 19 May 2004.  Sold For $770. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Seleukos I. 312-280 BC. AR Drachm (4.26 gm). Uncertain mint 19 in Baktria (Baktra?). Struck circa 290/86-281 BC. Laureate head of Zeus right / Athena Promachos, brandishing spear and holding large shield, in biga drawn by two elephants right; monogram above shield, monogram before elephants. SC 262; Kritt, Bactria 4.1; ESM -; SNG Spaer 175. Good VF, small test cut below eye. ($750)