75, Lot: 40. Estimate $200. Sold for $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Seleukos I. 312-280 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 16.88 gm). Ecbatana mint. Struck from circa 295 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress / Zeus seated left, holding eagle and sceptre; inverted anchor above forepart of horse left grazing and monogram in left field; monogram beneath throne. SC 204(4)d; cf. SNG Spaer 172 (monogram beneath throne). Good VF, light scratches.
This variety lacks the title BASILEWS