97, Lot: 53. Estimate $600. Sold for $420. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos I Soter. 280-261 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 17.01 gm). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Diademed head right; straight diadem ties / Nude Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding arrow in right hand, left hand resting on bow; monogram outer left, monogram outer right. SC 379.6a; SNG Spaer 292 var. (wavy diadem ties); ESM162. Good VF, golden iridescence around devices, reverse slightly double struck.