Sale: CNG 63, Lot: 624. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 May 2003.  Sold For $1930. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos, son of Seleukos IV. Circa 175-170 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.09 gm). Antioch mint. Diademed head right / Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding arrow and bow; tripod to outer left, monogram in exergue. SNG Spaer 955; Mørkholm, "The Accession of Antiochos IV of Syria," ANSMN XI, 8 var. (A2/P-; unlisted reverse die); Newell, SMA -. Lightly toned, nice VF, some minor field marks. Rare. ($1500)