CNG 88, Lot: 453. Estimate $300. Sold for $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Drachm (15mm, 4.21 g, 5h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Ekbatana mint. Struck circa 311-295 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, monogram above anchor; monogram below throne. SC 208.4; Price 3920; HGC 9, 26c. VF, lightly toned. Very rare Alexander type from Ekbatana.