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CNG 84, Lot: 695. Estimate $1000.
Sold for $1900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos VI Dionysos. 144-142 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 16.41 g, 1h). Apameia mint. Dated SE 169 (144/3 BC). Radiate and diademed head right; star behind / The Dioskouroi riding left, holding couched lances; to right, TPY above monogram and Φ; ΘΞP (date) below; all within wreath of lily, ivy, and grain ears. SC 2010.4e; Houghton, Revolt, Group XV, 62 (A10/P29); HGC 9, 1032 correction. Near EF, hairline flan crack, reverse a little off center. Rare issue with star on obverse.


The significance of the star on the obverse, which only appears on issues of Antioch and Apameia dated SE 169, is unknown.