Watch List notes:

SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AV Stater (17.5mm, 8.57 g, 12h). In the types of Alexander III of Macedon. Seleukeia on the Tigris mint II. Struck circa 296/5–281 BC. Helmeted head of Athena right, serpent on helmet / Nike standing right, holding wreath and cradling stylis; monogram below left wing, Θ below right wing. SC 138.5 var. = ESM 121A var. = Baron von Koehne, "Brief an Herrn, A. von Rauch" in Mémoires de la Société Impériale d'archéologie de St. Pétersbourg, p. 21, 10 var. (monogram); HGC 9, 4e; CNG 100, lot 1560 (same obv. die). A couple of flan flaws and die rust on obverse, double struck on reverse, hard edge knock. VF. Extremely rare, one of three known.


From the John L. Cowan Collection. Ex Roma XII (29 September 2016), lot 387.