Seleukid Coins Featuring the MNL Collection
Part 1

CNG 108, Lot: 259. Estimate $500. Sold for $2100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. As satrap, 321-315 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 17.15 g, 6h). 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, ΔA above monogram; below throne, Z above strut. SC CAd43.3; Duyrat, Arados 877 = Armenak 161 (Arados mint); Price P139; HGC 9, 11 var. (unlisted issue). VF, cabinet tone. Extremely rare, only three in Pella (including the sole piece noted by Duyrat), this is the only example in CoinArchives.

From the MNL Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 292 (5 December 2012), lot 194.