SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. Second satrapy and kingship, 312-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25.5mm, 17.23 g, 6h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Ekbatana mint. Struck circa 311-295 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, Y-in-circle above forepart of horse grazing left; monogram below throne. SC 202.2a; Price 3889; HGC 9, 9e. Old collection tone, slightly off center. Near EF. Early die state.
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