SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. Second satrapy and kingship, 312-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 16.85 g, 6h). Seleukeia on the Tigris II mint. Struck circa 296/5-281 BC.Electronic Auction 486 Greek, Silver Sold For $ 750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. Second satrapy and kingship, 312-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 16.85 g, 6h). Seleukeia on the Tigris II mint. Struck circa 296/5-281 BC. Laureate head of Zeus right / Athena, brandishing spear, shield on left arm, in quadriga of horned elephants right; two monograms in exergue. SC 130.20c corr. (monogram); ESM – (but obv. die A42); HGC 9, 18a; NFA XXII, lot 339 (same dies); CNG 96, 530 (same dies). Lightly toned, graffito in field on obverse. Near VF. |