Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 556Auction date: 21 February 2024
Lot number: 118

Price realized: 60 USD   (Approx. 56 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. Second satrapy and kingship, 312-281 BC. AR Obol (9.5mm, 0.62 g, 6h). Attic standard. Aï Khanoum mint. Struck circa 286/5-284 BC. Laureate head of Zeus right / Athena standing right biga of elephants, brandishing spear and shield; anchor above. SC –; SMAK S1OA-1 (α1/π1); HGC 9, 58. Toned, many delaminations, roughness. Fine. Very rare Attic weight obol of Seleukos from Aï Khanoum.


Estimate: 100 USD

Match 1:
Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 552Auction date: 13 December 2023
Lot number: 100

Price realized: 500 USD   (Approx. 464 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. Second satrapy and kingship, 312-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26.5mm, 16.68 g, 6h). Attic standard. Aï Khanoum mint. Struck circa 286/5-284 BC. Laureate head of Zeus right / Athena, holding spear and shield, in quadriga of elephants right; anchor and monogram above. SC 276.2; SMAK S1TA-6–8 and 10–13 var. (unlisted dies); HGC 9, 18e. Toned, broken and repaired, fields heavily smoothed, cleaning marks, test cuts on reverse. Good VF. SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS.


Estimate: 300 USD

Match 2:
Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII Online SessionsAuction date: 17 January 2024
Lot number: 5291

Price realized: 275 USD   (Approx. 253 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. Second satrapy and kingship, 312-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 16.07 g, 4h). Seleukeia on the Tigris II mint. Struck circa 296/5-281 BC. Laureate head of Zeus right / Athena, brandishing spear, shield on left arm, in quadriga of elephants right; Θ above elephants, [second control not visible]. Cf. SC 130.33–8; HGC 9, 18a. Porous, a few edge scuffs. Near VF.

From the David Freedman Collection.


Estimate: 200 USD

Match 3:
Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII Online SessionsAuction date: 17 January 2024
Lot number: 5290

Price realized: 950 USD   (Approx. 873 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. Second satrapy and kingship, 312-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 17.17 g, 2h). Seleukeia on the Tigris II mint. Struck circa 296/5-281 BC. Laureate head of Zeus right / Athena, brandishing spear, shield on left arm, in quadriga of elephants right; [monogram and AP in exergue]. SC 130.27b; ESM 53, dies A44/P122; HGC 9, 18a. Lightly toned, a little off center, struck with somewhat worn obverse die. Near EF.

From the David Freedman Collection.


Estimate: 750 USD

Match 4:
Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 555Auction date: 7 February 2024
Lot number: 177

Price realized: 500 USD   (Approx. 466 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. Second satrapy and kingship, 312-281 BC. AR Drachm (14.5mm, 3.82 g, 6h). 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 / Nike standing right, holding wreath that she places on trophy to right; [monogram to lower left], ΔI in lower central field. SC 174.4; ESMS S-27; Marest-Caffey Group 2.4; HGC 9, 34. Bright and rough surfaces, numerous cleaning scratches. VF.


Estimate: 200 USD

Match 5:
Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 561Auction date: 1 May 2024
Lot number: 240

Price realized: 800 USD   (Approx. 748 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. Second satrapy and kingship, 312-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26.5mm, 16.22 g, 6h). In the types of Alexander III of Macedon. Seleukeia on the Tigris I mint. Struck circa 300-296/5 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; NO in left field, Σ below throne. SC 117.6b; HGC 9, 12i. Light find patina, minor flan flaw on obverse. Near EF.


Estimate: 300 USD