173, Lot: 361. Estimate $200. Sold for $295. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 17.14 g). Babylon I mint. Struck in the name of Alexander III of Macedon, circa 311-300 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress / Zeus seated left, holding eagle and sceptre; in left field, monogram in wreath in left field, MI below throne. SC 82.5b; Price 3747. Good VF, darkly toned, graffiti under tone.
From the Alain Lagrange Collection.