304, Lot: 160. Estimate $150. Sold for $380. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Obol (9mm, 0.621 g, 6h). Seleukeia on the Tigris or Susa mint. Struck circa 296-280 BC. Laureate head of Zeus right / Athena, brandishing spear and shield, in biga of elephants right; Seleukid anchor above. SC 159; ESM –; SNG Spaer 154; HGC 9, 58. Good VF, porous. Rare.

From the Kelly J. Krizan, M.D. Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 66 (19 May 2004), lot 664.