Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
Collector's Choice February 2022 Auction 22-24 Feb 2022
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SYRIA. Seleukid Kingdom. Seleukos I Nikator, 312-281 B.C. AR Tetradrachm (17.15 gms), Uncertain Mint 3 (in Cappadocia, Eastern Syria, or Northern Mesopotamia), ca. 300-281 B.C. NGC Ch EF, Strike: 4/5 Surface: 2/5.
SC-58.3 var. (royal title read upward); HGC-9, 12c. Obverse: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin; Reverse: Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and scepter; below throne, circumscribed monogram below strut. A fairly RARE and seldom seen type, this piece is quite brilliant and flashy, with a boldly struck obverse. Some light marks are noted on the reverse.
Estimate: $300 - $500
SC-58.3 var. (royal title read upward); HGC-9, 12c. Obverse: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin; Reverse: Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and scepter; below throne, circumscribed monogram below strut. A fairly RARE and seldom seen type, this piece is quite brilliant and flashy, with a boldly struck obverse. Some light marks are noted on the reverse.
Estimate: $300 - $500