691. SELEUKIDKINGSof SYRIA. Seleukos I. 312-280 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.19
gm).  Seleukeia on  the Tigris  mint. Struck  302-301 BC. Head  of Herakles
right, wearing lion’s skin  headdress / Zeus seated left, holding eagle and
sceptre; NO  to left; S under throne. Newell,  ESM 19 (a24/p-); Houghton -;
SNG  Spaer -.  Nice  VF, overstruck  with traces  of the  undertype visible
before Herakles’ mouth and an anchor visible by the lion’s eye. ($300)

CNG Mail bid sale #58, 18 Sept 2001, lot 691.
 
 Lot sold for $255.

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