Extremely Rare Seleukos I Drachm

213, Lot: 169. Estimate $150. Sold for $216. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Drachm (17mm, 4.17 g, 1h). Uncertain mint, probably in western Asia Minor. Struck circa 281 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Nikephoros seated left; Π in left field. SC I -; SC II Ad45 (same dies as known specimens). Near VF, toned, porous.