SYRIA, Seleukid Kings. Seleukos I. 312-280 BC. Æ 19mm (7.38 gm). Antioch mint. Male figure seated left on a rock, holding an ankh in his right hand / BASIL-E[WS] above, SELEUKOU below, head of a horned elephant right; X below. SNG Spaer -; Newell, WSM, 929; Houghton, CSE, 12 (this coin); SNG Copenhagen 39; Laffaille -. Good VF, black patina, earthen encrustation around the devices. Very rare. ($300) Ex Arthur Houghton Collection. Triton V Sale, 15 Jan 2002, lot 536. Lot sold for USD 600. Used by permission of Classical Numismatic Group, www.cngcoins.com.