Seleukid Kingdom. Ekbatana. Seleukos I Nikator 312-281 BC. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Struck circa 311-295/81 BC
Tetradrachm AR
26mm., 17,14g.
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated left on high-backed throne, right leg drawn back, his feet resting on a low foot rest, holding long scepter in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing right with closed wings, in left field, two monograms above horizontal anchor above forepart of horse grazing left, ΣΩ beneath throne.
very fine
SC 202.11b; Price 3931; HGC 9, 9e.