CNG 103, Lot: 352. Estimate $2000. Sold for $5000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AV Stater (17.5mm, 8.50 g, 1h). Contemporary imitation of Babylon I mint issue in the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Head of Athena right, wearing triple-crested Corinthian helmet adorned with a serpent / Nike standing left, holding wreath and stylis; HP monogram below left wing, MI monogram below right wing. SC 81.5; Price 3775; HGC 9, 3a. EF, underlying luster, slightly off center, double struck and small scuff on obverse.