372, Lot: 169. Estimate $100. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Obol (9.5mm, 0.65 g, 7h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Ekbatana mint. Struck circa 311-295/81 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; monogram in left field, O below throne. SC 216.2; Price 3952; HGC 9, 53c. VF, toned, slight granularity, patch of find patina on reverse. Very rare.

From the Nicholas Sicurella Collection.