Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 294. Estimate $500. Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008. Sold For $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos IV Epiphanes. 175-164 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.76 g, 12h). Antioch mint. Third series, circa 168-164 BC. Diademed head right /
BASILEWS ANTIOCOU QEOU EPIFANOUS NIKHFOROU, Zeus Nikephoros seated left; monogram to outer left. Le Rider,
Antioche 290-1 (A31/P202); Babelon,
Rois -; SNG Spaer -; Houghton 108 (same dies); BMC 18 (same dies). Near EF, iridescent toning, a couple light marks in field on reverse.
Ex Spink 50 (6 March 1986), lot 66.