SELEUCUS I GOLD STATER OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT TYPE – VARIANT UNPUBLISHED IN SC FROM SELEUCIA MINT – AU NGC GRADED GREEK SELEUCID KINGDOM COIN (Inv. 19666)

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19666. SELEUCID KINGDOM. SELEUCUS I, 312–281 BC.
Gold Stater of Alexander type, 8.60 g, 17 mm. Issue of Seleucia on the Tigris I Mint, ca. 300–296/5 BC.
Obv. Head of Athena with a large Corinthian helmet, a snake ornament below the plume. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΣEΛEYKOY, Nike standing facing looking to left, holding wreath in right hand and stylis over left shoulder, monogram below left wing.
SC 115.2 var (monogram and position vary); ESM 1 var. (same); HGC 9, 4d; CSE 939 = Sunrise 170 var. (same, same obv. die).
NGC graded AU, Strike 4/5, Surface 3/5, an extremely rare variety unpublished in Houghton and Lorber’s Seleucid Coins, struck in Seleucus’ name.