182, Lot: 90. Estimate $500. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos IX Eusebes Philopator (Kyzikenos). 114/3-95 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.92 g). Ake-Ptolemais mint. Diademed head right / Athena Nikephoros standing left; monograms to left; all within wreath. SNG Spaer -; LSM -; CSE -. Near EF, toned.
This combination of monograms is not recorded on a tetradrachm. The upper monogram is recorded on a 1 1/2 Obol (LSM 45) and the lower monogram on two issues of tetradrachms (LSM 39 and 40).