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175, Lot: 109. Estimate $100.
Sold for $104. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos IV Epiphanes. 175-164 BC. Æ 14mm (4.24 g, 11h). Byblos mint. Radiate head right / Isis standing facing, head left, holding an open veil. SNG Spaer -; cf. Babelon, Rois 575; cf. Rouvier 650; Houghton -. VF, dark green patina with some deposits. Rare.


While Babelon 575 and Rouvier 650 are of the same type, their style is quite different. In the forthcoming SC part 2, those are given to Antiochos VI, while the coins of the present style are given to Antiochos IV.