Sale: Triton V, Lot: 1500. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 January 2002.  Sold For $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Seleukid Kings. Tryphon. 142-138 BC. AR Tetradrachm (13.71 gm). Year 4 (139/138 BC). Ake-Ptolemais mint. Diademed and draped bust right / BASILEWS right, TRUFWNOS AUTOKRATOROS left, eagle standing left on thunderbolt; LÐ right, Ð between legs. SNG Spaer -; Houghton, CSE, -; Seyrig, "Notes on Syrian Coins," ANSNNM 119, pg. 23, 35. Toned, VF/Good VF, obverse a bit of-center. Rare. ($750)

From the Robert Schonwalter Collection.