421, Lot: 239. Estimate $150. Sold for $110. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26.1mm, 17.05 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Susa mint. Struck circa 298/7-295/4 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; anchor in left field above A-based monogram, Σ above strut of throne, AP below. SC 164.8 var. (unlisted monogram below anchor); ESMS Al.26 var. (same – A14/P– [unlisted rev. die]); Price –; HGC 9, 10g. VF, lightly toned, light marks and scratches, obverse struck off center. Rare, with an unpublished secondary monogram below the anchor on the reverse.

From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection, purchased from Freeman & Sear, 18 January 2002.