379, Lot: 166. Estimate $2000. Sold for $2200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AV Stater (17.5mm, 8.55 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Babylon I mint. Struck circa 311-300 BC. Helmeted head of Athena right, griffin on helmet / Nike standing right, holding wreath and cradling stylis; H in left field, monogram in wreath below left wing. SC 81.7 var. (serpent on helmet, different position of control marks); Price 3707 var. (same); HGC 9, 3a; Rauch 92, 1054 (same dies). Good VF, some die wear and light scratch on obverse, scrape across reverse.