Sale: CNG 73, Lot: 437. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 13 September 2006.  Sold For $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Stater (15.05 g, 5h). Babylon mint, native workshop. Struck circa 311-305 BC. Ba’al seated left, holding scepter / Lion walking left; anchor and G abvoe, monogram and star in exergue. SC 88.7b. Good VF, lightly toned, typical minor porosity. Exceptional strike for issue.