Lot description:
Seleukid Empire, Seleukos I Nikator AR Tetradrachm. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Babylon I, circa 311-300 BC. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; BAΣIΛEΩΣ below, AΛEΞANΔPOY to right, monogram in wreath in left field, MI below throne. SC 82.5b; Price 3747; Müller 734; HGC 9, 10f. 16.90g, 25mm, 3h.
Extremely Fine; some remains of horn silver.
Ex Gerhard Hirsch Nachfolger, Auction 364, 11 February 2021, lot 1074 (since cleaned);
Ex Gerhard Hirsch Nachfolger, Auction 357, 18 June 2020, lot 119;
Reportedly previously acquired in Germany before 1997.
Estimate: 300 GBP | |