Triton XX, Lot: 336. Estimate $3000. Sold for $4500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AV Stater (18mm, 8.55 g, 9h). 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 a coiled serpent, single-pendant earring, and pearl necklace / BA-ΣIΛEΩΣ AΛEΞANΔP[OY], Nike standing left, holding wreath in extended right hand, cradling stylis in left arm; HP monogram below left wing, MI monogram below right wing. SC 81.5; Price 3775; SNG Saroglos –; HGC 9, 3a. In NGC encapsulation, graded MS, Strike 5/5, Surface 4/5.