171, Lot: 31. Estimate $100. Sold for $278. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. Æ Unit (18mm, 2.69 g). Uncertain mint 19 (Mint A)- Baktra? Head of Dioskouros right; star and monogram behind / Forepart of horned horse right; anchor to left, circled monogram (reversed N?) to right. SC 270.1; SCB 46. VF, black patina. Possibly the first known specimen with readable reverse monogram.

From the Karl Sifferman Collection.