Sale: CNG 76, Lot: 797. Estimate $600.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 12 September 2007.  Sold For $360. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos VII Euergetes (Sidetes). 138-129 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.71 g, 1h). Antioch mint. Diademed head right / Athena Nikephoros standing left; two monograms to outer left; all within wreath. SNG Spaer 1846 var. (monogram); SMA 278 var. (monogram). EF, toned, obverse a little off center. Amazing sculptural portrait struck in high relief.

From the Arthur Houghton Collection.