GREEK COINS
Seleukid Kings of Syria
Seleukos I Nikator, 312-281 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 27mm, 16.05 g 7), Seleukeia on the Tigris, c. 295/6-281. Laureate and bearded head of Zeus to right. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ - ΣEΛEΥKOΥ Athena, hurling spear with her right hand and holding shield with her left, standing right in quadriga of elephants moving to right; above and to right, anchor right. Houghton-Lorber I, 130. Slightly rough surfaces, otherwise, very fine.