Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 524. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $2000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-280 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.68 gm, 2h). Seleukeia on the Tigris II mint. Struck circa 296/5-280 BC. Laureate head of Zeus right / [BASI]LEWS [S]ELEUKOU, Athena Promachos, brandishing spear in right hand and holding large shield on left arm, in quadriga right drawn by elephants; monogram behind Athena, anchor and monogram before. SC 130.32a; ESM 69; SNG Spaer -. Good VF, light porosity. ($1000)