Seleukid Kingdom. Babylon I mint. Seleukos I Nikator 312-281 BC. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Struck circa 311-300 BC
Tetradrachm AR

25 mm., 17,14 g.

Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / [ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ] [Α]ΛΕΞΑΝΔΡ[ΟΥ], Zeus seated left on high-backed throne, right leg drawn back, his feet resting on a low foot rest, holding long scepter in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing right with closed wings, MI in left field, monogram in wreath beneath throne.

very fine

SC 82.4a; Price 3751; HGC 9, 10f.