389, Lot: 329. Estimate $200. Sold for $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. As satrap, 321-315 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 17.20 g, 3h). In the name of Philip III of Macedon. Babylon II mint. Struck circa 318/7-315 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, monogram within circle above long torch, Z below throne. SC Ad43.11; Price P153 corr. (monogram is within circle, “Arados”); cf. HGC 9, 11. VF, some porosity, a few marks.
From the D. Meisner Collection.