Sale: CNG 72, Lot: 916. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 June 2006.  Sold For $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.10 g, 1h). Possibly uncertain mint 9. Struck circa 296/5 BC. Laureate head of Zeus right / Athena in quadriga of horned elephants right, brandishing spear and shield; anchor above. Cf. SC 156. Good VF.

While lacking any visible misspellings, the strong similarity of coarse style to the previous lot, as well as a crude flan, suggest that this is also an imitative coin, and probably from the same mint.