169, Lot: 45. Estimate $200. Sold for $316. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos IV Epiphanes. 175-164 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 16.40 g). Antioch mint. Diademed head right / Zeus enthroned left, holding Nike and sceptre; monogram in exergue. SNG Spaer -; SMA 54. VF.

The control in the exergue is meant to be a monogram composed of the letters DI. However, the engraver either mistook the monogram or else crudely engraved it such that it appears as the letter F.