Sale: CNG 78, Lot: 908. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 May 2008.  Sold For $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos VI Dionysos. 144-142 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.27 g, 1h). Antioch mint. Dated SE 169 (144/3 BC). Radiate and diademed head right / The Dioskouroi riding left, holding couched lances; to right, TPY, monogram, and ΣTA; ΘΞP (date) below; all within wreath of lily, ivy, and grain ears. SMA 234; SNG Spaer 1762 var. (Φ not monogram). Near EF, toned, die rust on reverse, a few light scratches.