SELEUKID KINGS. Seleukos I Nikator, 312-281 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 27 mm, 17.11 g, 1 h), in the types of Alexander the Great. Ekbatana, circa 295-281. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ Zeus seated left on low throne, holding long scepter in his left hand and eagle standing right with closed wings in his right; to left, monogram above horizontal Seleukid anchor above forepart of horse grazing left; below throne, monogram. ESM 487. SC 204.3. Nicely toned and of particularly fine style. Good very fine.

From the Basileiai Hellēnikai Collection of Exceptional Tetradrachms and from the collection of Regierungsrat Dr. iur. Hans Krähenbühl, Leu 8, 23 October 2021, 102, ex The Numismatic Auction 2, 12 December 1983, 167.