Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 521. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $625. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-280 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.08 gm, 4h). Babylon I mint. Struck in the name of Alexander III of Macedon, circa 311-300 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress / BASILEWS ALEXANDROU, Zeus seated left, holding eagle in right hand, sceptre in left; H in left field, monogram in wreath below throne. SC 82.7; Price 3708. Superb EF. ($500)