450, Lot: 230. Estimate $300. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 17.29 g, 6h). Ekbatana mint. Struck circa 295-281 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, two monograms above horizontal anchor above forepart of horse left; ΣΩ below throne. SC 204.1a; HGC 9, 13c. Darkly toned, light mark in field on obverse. Good VF. High relief.