Stater - Seleukos I In the name of Alexander III; Babylon

Features

Issuer	Seleucid Empire (Seleucid Empire (305 BC - 64 BC))
King	Seleukos I Nikator (305 BC - 281 BC)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	311 BC - 300 BC
Value	Gold Stater (20)
Currency	Drachm
Composition	Gold
Weight	8.58 g
Diameter	19 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 579968
References	Price# 3748 Martin Jessop Price; 1991. The Coinage in Name of Alexander the Great and Philip Arrhidaeus. Société suisse de numismatique = Schweizerische Numismatische Gesellschaft, British Museum (2 volumes). , Müller# 731 Ludvig Müller; 1855. Numismatique d’Alexandre le Grand; Appendice les monnaies de Philippe II et III = Numismatics of Alexander the Great; Appendix the coins of Philip II and III. Imprimerie de Bianco Luno, Copenhagen, Denmark. , SNG Copenhagen# 639 Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Greek Coins. Danish National Museum. Copenhagen, Denmark (44 volumes). , SNG Ashmolean# 3029 Oxford University Press (publisher). Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Volume V - Ashmolean Museum. Oxford University Press, London, United Kingdom (7 volumes). , SNG Saroglos# 166-168 Selene E. Psoma, Ioannis Touratsoglou; 2005. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Greece / Volume 4.1. Numismatic Museum, Athens : The Petros Z. Saroglos Collection : Use-Loan by the Club of the Officers of the Armed Forces: Macedonia. Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece. , SNG Berry# 182 Margaret Thompson, Robert Ross Holloway, Irwin L. Merker. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: The Burton Y. Berry Collection. American Numismatic Society, New York City, New York, United States (2 volumes). , SC1# 81.2 Arthur Houghton, Catharine C. Lorber, Brian Kritt; 2002. Seleucid Coins, a Comprehensive Catalogue / Part 1. Seleucus I through Antiochus III. American Numismatic Society, Classical Numismatic Group, New York City, New York, United States. , SCO# 1.81.2 Seleucid Coins Online (http://numismatics.org/sco/) , Pozzi# 871 Naville & Cie (publisher); 1920. Monnaies grecques antiques: Provenant de la collection de feu le prof. S. Pozzi = Ancient Greek coins. Naville & Cie, Luzern, Switzerland.

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Obverse

Head of Athena right wearing Corinthian helmet adorned with a coiled snake.

Reverse

Nike standing left holding wreath in right hand, and stylis in her left hand; to left, ΜΙ; to right below wing, monogram of ΜΥΡ within wreath.

Script: Greek

Lettering: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ

Mint

Babylon, Babylonia, Iraq

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (311 BC - 300 BC)								$ 9700	$ 9700	$ 11 000

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	CNG Triton XXVI Lot 337	10 Jan 2023	UNC (NGC MS 5/5 - 5/5)	USD 13 000.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	Heritage Auctions 2019 January 6 - 7 NYINC World Coins Signature Auction - New York 3071 Lot 34023	6 Jan 2019	UNC (NGC Choice MS 5/5 - 5/5)	USD 11 000.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Heritage Auctions
	Heritage Auctions 2018 August 17 ANA WFOM World Coins & Ancient Coins Platinum Night Auction - Philadelphia 3066 Lot 30022	17 Aug 2018	UNC (NGC Choice MS 5/5 - 4/5)	USD 7000.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Heritage Auctions
	Ira & Larry Goldberg Auction 150 Lot 454	23 Feb 2026	AU (NGC Choice AU 5/5 - 5/5)	USD 16 000.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Ira & Larry Goldberg Auctioneers
	Numismatica Ars Classica Auction 146 Lot 2156	8 May 2024	AU	USD 8853.07 (CHF 7000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG
	Nomos AG Auction 30 Lot 1280	6 Nov 2023	AU	USD 8220.71 (CHF 6500.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Nomos AG
	Heritage Auctions 2023 August 17 - 19 ANA World & Ancient Coins Platinum Session and Signature® Auction 3109 Lot 31013	17 Aug 2023	AU (NGC Choice AU 5/5 - 5/5)	USD 18 000.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Heritage Auctions
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: Roma Numismatics Auction XXIII Lot 379	24 Mar 2022	AU (NGC AU 4/5 - 3/5, ex-jewelry)	USD 8727.91 (GBP 6500.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Roma Numismatics Limited
	Numismatik Naumann GmbH Auction 71 Lot 269	4 Nov 2018	VF	USD 2321.95 (EUR 2000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Numismatik Naumann GmbH
	Nomos AG Auction 37 Lot 90	16 Nov 2025	XF	USD 10 750.16 (CHF 8500.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Nomos AG