85, Lot: 22. Estimate $150. Sold for $90. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Seleukos I. 312-280 BC. AR Obol (0.64 gm). Seleukeia on the Tigris or Susa mint. Struck from circa 296 BC. Laureate head of Zeus right / Athena, holding spear and shield, advancing right in biga drawn by two horned elephants; D in circle above. SC 159 = Houghton 934 (this coin). VF, rough reverse. 

From the Arthur Houghton Collection.