356, Lot: 197. Estimate $150. Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 17.07 g, 11h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Uncertain mint. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; ∆ in left field, ΘΕ below throne (below crossbar). SC 295 var. (without horizontal bar in ∆ and position of ΘΕ below throne); Price 3786 var. (same); HGC 9, 10h. Near VF, toned, light marks and scratches. Rare.

From the Collection of Dr. Will Gordon.