Rare Joint Reign Drachm

Sale: CNG 76, Lot: 778. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 12 September 2007.  Sold For $205. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos I Soter. Joint reign with Seleukos I, 294-281 BC. AR Drachm (4.15 g, 7h). Ekbatana mint. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, forepart of horned elephant left. SC 211.3. Near VF. Unpublished variety without monogram under throne. Rare.