Seleukid Empire, Seleukos I Nikator AR Tetradrachm. Susa, circa 296/5-281 BC. Head of Zeus right, wearing laurel wreath / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΣEΛEYKOY, Athena, brandishing spear overhead in right hand, shield on left arm, in biga of elephants to right; above, anchor above Δ, A to lower right. SC 177.5; ESM -; CSE 1032; SNG Spaer -; HGC 9, 18c. 17.18g, 28mm, 11h.
Very Fine. Rare.
From the 1960s Andragoras-Sophytes Group, present in Germany in 1975, subsequently exported to the USA.
This is a key coin in the exceptionally important group presented for the first time in Roma Numismatics XIV (lots 325-367) which helped to redate the coins of both Andragoras and Sophytes to the mid-third century BC.
Key Coin in the 1960s Andragoras-Sophytes Group.