SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Drachm (16.5mm, 4.20 g, 5h). Seleukeia on the Tigris I mint. Struck circa 300-296/5 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΣEΛEYKOY, Zeus Nikephoros seated left; NO in right field, Σ below throne. SC 122; ESM –; HGC 9, 31d; SNG Spaer 125; Meydancikkale 2875. Toned, slight roughness, traces of granularity on obverse, a few light marks. Good VF. Rare.
From the TAB Collection. Ex ArtCoins Roma 7 (20 May 2013), lot 275.