Illustrated in SC and CSE

CNG 109, Lot: 208. Estimate $500. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 4.11 g, 5h). Uncertain Mint 11 in Drangiana or western Arachosia. Struck circa 294-281 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; monograms in left field and below throne. SC 232 (this coin referenced and illustrated); SCB p. 45 (this coin illustrated); HGC 9, 29j; CSE 1305 (this coin). VF, toned. Apparently unique.

From the MNL Collection. Ex Heritage 231445 (6 November 2014), lot 61031; Arthur Houghton Collection.