Lot 2343

Description

Syria, Kingdom of, Seleukos I, (324/3-300 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (17.17 g), in the name and types of Alexander III, uncertain mint in the East, obv. head of Herakles to^right, wearing lion skin headdress, dotted border, rev. Zeus Aetophoros seated left, holding eagle and sceptre, no control marks, **ALEXANDROU* to right, dotted border, (cf.S.6829. Price 4004?). Lightly toned, a few light marks very fine or better and very rare.

Ex Anthony (Tony) Taylor Collection.

CNG Auction 402, lot 43.

There are a number of issues that Price lists that have no control marks. Assignment to one of these can only be substantiated by comparing style. The style of this issue is clearly eastern, but does not match any of the unmarked issues that Price gives to any established mint. Thus, Price 4004 appears to be the only possible match, but that issue is not illustrated in Price, and he references a piece in the ANS that does not seem to exist since there are no examples of that type listed in the Pella. per CNG.