313, Lot: 79. Estimate $2000. Sold for $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AV Stater (18mm, 8.56 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Babylon I mint. Struck circa 311-300 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet decorated with griffin / Nike standing left, holding wreath and stylis; monogram in wreath below left wing. SC 81.4 corr. (griffin, not sphinx, on helmet); Price 3750 corr. (same); HGC 9, 3a. EF, minor flan flaw on obverse.

From the Clearwater Collection.