136, Lot: 41. Estimate $300. Sold for $225. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Seleukos I. 312-280 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 17.12 g). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Struck in the name of Antiochos I as co-regent, after 294 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion’s skin headdress / Zeus seated left, holding Nike and sceptre; SIM before, EY under throne. SC 120.2a = CSE 947 (this coin); SNG Spaer -. VF, toned.

From the Arthur Houghton Collection.