CNG 84, Lot: 688. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos II Theos. 261-246 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 17.02 g, 5h). In the name and types of Seleukos I. Laodicea ad Mare mint. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, dolphin left above monogram; AB monogram below throne. SC 576.5b; Houghton, Early, Group 33, dies A40/P3; HGC 9, 235. Superb EF, toned, a few die breaks.

From the Patrick H.C. Tan Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 73 (13 September 2006), lot 445; Robert A. Weimer Collection (Triton IX, 10 January 2006), lot 1022; Classical Numismatic Auctions XI (3 May 1990), lot 109.