SELEUKID KINGS. Seleukos I Nikator, 312-281 BC. Drachm (Subaeratus, 16 mm, 3.79 g, 3 h), a contemporary imitation from an irregular mint, after 296/5-281. Laureate head of Zeus to right. Rev. [BAΣIΛEΩΣ] / ΣEΛEΥKOΥ Athena, brandishing spear overhead in her right hand and holding shield in her left, standing right in quadriga of elephants moving to right; above elephants, monogram and Θ; above to right, anchor right. Cf. SC 131.12 (for prototype). Leu Web Auction 11 (2020), 1047 (same dies). Breaks in plating, otherwise, very fine.


Interestingly, we sold a die-matching plated imitation in Web Auction 11 (2020), 1047. It is a curious coincidence that, more than six years later, a second example has now appeared - one that must have been struck at virtually the same time some 2,300 years ago.