CNG 85, Lot: 487. Estimate $300. Sold for $310. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Seleukos II Kallinikos. 246-225 BC. AR Drachm (17mm, 4.19 g, 11h). Mint in Commagene or western Mesopotamia. Helmeted head of Athena right / Apollo Delphios standing left; И in circle to outer left. SC Ad170.3 (this coin illustrated); HGC 9, 310f. Good VF, toned, struck with worn obverse die.

This coin was struck with the same obverse die as SC 691.6 (only known from Berk 84, no. 317). The authors of SC noted that 691.6 was possibly not from Antioch, and this coin confirms this suggestion. A close examination of the illustration of the Berk piece suggests that the monogram should be read as an N-in-circle rather than ΔI-in-circle, in which case the coin would be an example of Ad170.2.