Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 527. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA, Antiochos I Soter, as Co-regent with Seleukos I. 294-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.99 gm, 11h). Ekbatana mint. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress / BASILEWS ANTIOCOU, Zeus seated left, holding eagle in right hand, sceptre in left; in left field, monogram above forepart of lion left; monogram below throne. SC 205.2d; ESM 508; SNG Spaer -; Houghton -; Meydancikkale 2993 (mintmark erased). EF, area of flat strike on obverse. Wonderful metal for issue. ($500)