109, Lot: 48. Estimate $75. Sold for $155. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 4.06 gm, 6h). Ekbatana mint. Struck circa 295-281 BC. Head of Herakles right wearing lion's skin headdress / Zeus seated left, holding eagle and sceptre; in left field, monogram and anchor above forepart of horse grazing left; monogram below throne. Cf. SC 216.10 (obol); cf. Price 3944 (obol); cf. ESM 495 (obol); SNG Spaer -; Houghton -. Near VF, toned, die flaw on reverse. Unpublished denomination with these control marks.