SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. Second satrapy and kingship, 312-281 BC. AV Stater (18mm, 8.50 g, 5h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Babylon I mint. Struck circa 311-300 BC.Triton XXV Greek, Coin-in-Hand Video, Gold Sold For $ 5 000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. Second satrapy and kingship, 312-281 BC. AV Stater (18mm, 8.50 g, 5h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Babylon I mint. Struck circa 311-300 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing single pendant earring, necklace, and triple-crested Corinthian helmet adorned with a serpent / BA-ΣIΛEΩΣ AΛEΞANΔPO[Y], Nike standing left, holding wreath in extended right hand, cradling stylis in left arm; below left wing, pellet above MI; monogram in wreath below right wing. SC 81.2; Price 3748; HGC 9, 3a; SNG Saroglos 166–8. Underlying luster, lamination on obverse, a few tiny flan flaws on reverse. Good VF. |