SELEUKID KINGS OF SYRIA. Seleukos I Nikator, 312-281 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 28 mm, 17.00 g, 12 h), struck under Philetairos, Pergamon, c. 280-281. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion's skin headdress. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟY Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle standing right with closed wings in his right hand and long scepter in his left; to left, head of Athena to right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet; below throne, crescent. HGC 9, 125a (S). SC 308b. WSM 1532. Lightly toned and well centered. Very fine.
From the Thomas Kirby Collection, USA.