ANCIENT COINS. GREEK COINS. Kingdom of Syria, Seleukid Kings, Seleukos I Nikator (312-280 B.C.), Silver Drachm, 4.12g, 2h.Mint of Susa, struck 305-295 B.C.Bust of Alexander the Great as Dionysos facing right, wearing an Attic helmet covered with a panther-skin and adorned with a bull's ear and horns, the panther-skin fastened round neck. Rev. [BAΣIΛEΩΣ] ΣEΛEYKOY, Nike standing right, crowning a trophy of arms with a wreath, H below right wing, AX below left wing (Newell, ESM 418; Houghton-Lorber, SC I, 72, 174.5; Kritt, 'The Early Seleucid Mint of Susa', Classical Numismatic Studies 2 (1997), 36, S-31).Excellent style and sharply struck, extremely fine.Very rare.
Ex Monetarium / Credit Swiss (SKA), Zürich, Fixed Price List, Spring 1993, 89
Estimate: US$ 2,200