Seleukid Empire, Seleukos I Nikator AR Tetradrachm. In the types of Alexander III of Macedon. Seleukeia on the Tigris, circa 300-281 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left, holding sceptre; ΣEΛEYKOY to right, monogram within circle in left field. SC 117.4b var. (monogram not in circle, M below throne); HGC 9, 12i; U. Wartenberg & J.H. Kagan, "Some comments on a new hoard from the Balkan area," Travaux Le Rider, p. 399, 85.
Very Fine. Very rare variety.
From a private English collection.