SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Obol (10mm, 0.63 g, 10h). Susa mint. Struck circa 305/4-295 BC. Head of hero (Alexander or Seleukos?) right, wearing helmet covered with panther skin and adorned with the ear and horns of a bull / [BAΣIΛEΩΣ] ΣEΛEYKOY, Nike standing right, holding in both hands a wreath that she places on trophy to right; [H to lower left], AX in lower middle field. SC Ad87; ESMS –; ESM –; HGC 9, 59; Sunrise 177 (this coin). Near EF, lightly toned, granular surfaces, some scratches. Very rare.
From the Sunrise Collection.