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NYINC Signature Sale 3051 8-9 January 2017
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SELEUCID KINGDOM. Seleucus I Nicator (312-281 BC). AV stater (18mm, 8.61 gm, 6h). NGC MS 5/5 - 3/5, Fine Style. Seleuceia on the Tigris, ca. 300-296/5 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing pendant earring, necklace, and triple-crested Corinthian helmet adorned with a coiled serpent, pushed back on head / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΣEΛEYKOY, Nike standing left, holding wreath in extended right hand, cradling stylis in left arm; monogram below right wing. SC 115.2. HGC 9, 4d. CSE 939 (this coin). Sunrise 170 (this coin). Extremely rare! Deeply struck from dies of elegant style and possessing a superlative pedigree.
Ex Sunrise Collection; Arthur Houghton Collection; ex CNG 73 (13 September 2006), lot 438.
Estimate: 10000-12000 USD
SELEUCID KINGDOM. Seleucus I Nicator (312-281 BC). AV stater (18mm, 8.61 gm, 6h). NGC MS 5/5 - 3/5, Fine Style. Seleuceia on the Tigris, ca. 300-296/5 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing pendant earring, necklace, and triple-crested Corinthian helmet adorned with a coiled serpent, pushed back on head / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΣEΛEYKOY, Nike standing left, holding wreath in extended right hand, cradling stylis in left arm; monogram below right wing. SC 115.2. HGC 9, 4d. CSE 939 (this coin). Sunrise 170 (this coin). Extremely rare! Deeply struck from dies of elegant style and possessing a superlative pedigree.
Ex Sunrise Collection; Arthur Houghton Collection; ex CNG 73 (13 September 2006), lot 438.
Estimate: 10000-12000 USD