★ Extremely RARE!! ★

"A New Type of Alexander the Great?"
SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR 1/5 Tetradrachm. Babylon I mint. Struck circa 312-300 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress / Club, quiver, and bow; to left, monogram in wreath above XA monogram.
SC 84 var. = A. Spaer, "A New Type of Alexander the Great?" INJ 5 (1981), 1 var. (no XA monogram; H to right); Price 3728A (this coin referenced); ESM -; SNG Spaer -; Houghton -. EF, attractively toned.
Extremely rare type and this the 2nd example recorded with these monograms.

Condition: Excellent Fine

Weight: 0.6 gr
Diameter: 9.1 mm