SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. Second satrapy and kingship, 312-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 17.03 g, 4h). Seleukeia on the Tigris I Mint. Struck circa 300-281 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Nikephoros seated left; monogram in left field, ligate ΔI below throne. SC 117.1c; HGC 9, 12i. Toned. In NGC encapsulation 5771749-014, graded Ch VF, Strike: 4/5, Surface: 4/5. Ex Edward H. Merrin Collection (noted on NGC ticket).
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