CNG 96, Lot: 531. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23mm, 17.23 g, 6h). Seleukeia on the Tigris II mint. Struck circa 296/5-281 BC. Laureate head of Zeus right / Athena, brandishing spear and shield, in quadriga of elephants right; anchor above, Θ behind Athena. SC 130.23; ESM 65 (A52/P135); HGC 9, 18a; Pozzi 2918 (same dies). VF, toned, double struck on reverse. Very rare issue.