Seleukid Kingdom. Ekbatana. Seleukos I Nikator 312-281 BC. Struck in the types of Alexander III of Macedon, circa 311-295 BC
Tetradrachm AR
25mm., 17,32g.
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ, 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, two monograms above horizontal anchor above horse grazing left at Zeus' feet in left field, monogram of ΣΩ under throne.
good very fine
SC 202.11b; SNG Spaer 162.