250, Lot: 120. Estimate $200. Sold for $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 16.88 g, 11h). Babylon I mint. Struck in the name of Alexander III of Macedon, circa 311-300 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, monogram within wreath; H below throne. SC 82.6; Price 3704; HGC 9, 10f. VF, toned, light scratches on both sides.

From the MIT Collection.