Sale: Triton V, Lot: 1499. Estimate $3000. Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 January 2002. Sold For $5500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SYRIA, Seleukid Kings. Tryphon. 142-138 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.42 gm). Antioch mint. Diademed head right / BASILEWS TRUFONOS right, AUTOKRATOROS left, Macedonian cavalry helmet with ibex horn, thunderbolt on cheek guard, monogram left; all within oak wreath. SNG Spaer 1822 var. (monogram); Newell, SMA 264; Houghton, CSE, 256. Toned EF, peripheral flan irregularities. Very rare, choice portrait of this short-lived usurper. ($3000)