Seleukid Kingdom, Antiochos I Soter and Seleukos I, 294-281 BC. AR Hemiobol - Very Rare!

Seleukid Kingdom, Antiochos I Soter, joint reign with Seleukos I, 294-281 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.37g, 6mm). Uncertain mint, probably in the east (Seleukeia on the Tigris?), struck ca 296/5-281 BC.  Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress / Nike advancing right, holding wreath, A to right.

HGC 9, 57; SC Ad 76; CNG 91 (9/2012), 355 ($400+comm); CNG E-387 (11/2016), 213 ($525+comm)

Good VF. Very rare. 

The attribution of this type to Antiochos I is tentative, based on the opinion of Arthur Houghton and Oliver Hoover, who also speculate that it is likely from an eastern mint, possibly Seleukeia on the Tigris, where Nike, rather than an eagle, was used with Zeus on Alexander-type tetradrachms (noting the parallel of the style of Nike’s wings with SC 120).