286, Lot: 164. Estimate $100. Sold for $85. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Hemiobol (7mm, 0.35 g, 11h). Babylon I mint(?). Struck circa 312-300 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Club, quiver, and bow; lion’s head(?) to left. Cf. SC 85; cf. Price 3706; cf. HGC 9, 72 (all with monogram in wreath; Classical Numismatic Group 72, lot 884 (same rev. die). Good VF, minor porosity. Very rare.
From the Peter Lee Collection.