420, Lot: 263. Estimate $200. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 17.02 g, 2h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Babylon I mint. Struck circa 311-300 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, MI above prow left; monogram in wreath below throne. SC 82.3h var. (prow right); Price 3764 var. (prow right); HGC 9, 10f; ANS 1944.100.80944 (same dies). VF. Very rare variety, one in Pella, two in CoinArchives (including the present coin).

From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 61 (25 September 2002), lot 477.