SELEUCID KINGDOM OF SYRIA.
SELEUCUS I NICATOR, king 321-280 BC. Tetradrachm, Susa, after 295. AR 17.12 g. Bearded, laureate head of Zeus r. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ - ΣEΛEYKOY Athena, wearing chiton and helmet, standing r. in a biga of horned elephants, protecting herself with a large shield hold with her l. hand, throwing spear with her raised r. hand; above, spearhead, low in field r., K. Cf. Auction F.R. Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Osnabrück 204 (2012), 331 (same type, same obv. die); Houghton-Lorber I, 73, 177 var. (not with the control K).
Scarce variant. High relief on obv. Extremely fine

Provenance:
"Alexander the Great" collection
Auction Roma Numismatics, London XV (2018), 309
Auction F.R. Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Osnabrück 376 (2022), 4788.