136, Lot: 39. Estimate $100. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Seleukos I. 312-280 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 16.49 g). Uncertain mint. Struck in the name of Alexander III of Macedon, circa 311-295 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion’s skin headdress / Zeus seated left, holding Nike and sceptre; anchor and monogram left, monogram under throne. SC 67.3a; Price 3436; SNG Spaer -; CSE -. VF, darkly toned.

From the Arthur Houghton Collection-.