423, Lot: 190. Estimate $2000. Sold for $2300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AV Stater (17.5mm, 8.50 g, 1h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Babylon I mint. Struck circa 311-300 BC. Helmeted head of Athena right, serpent on helmet / Nike standing left, holding wreath and cradling stylis; MI below left wing, monogram in wreath below right wing. SC 81.2; Price 3748; HGC 9, 3a. Good VF, lightly toned, a few marks, edge marks from prior bezel.

From the WRG Collection, purchased from William Porter, February 1986.