CNG 85, Lot: 495. Estimate $300. Sold for $460. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos VII Euergetes (Sidetes). 138-129 BC. AR Drachm (16mm, 4.01 g, 11h). Uncertain mint, probably in Syria, Northern Mesopotamia, or Cilicia. Diademed head right / Nike advancing left, holding wreath; A to outer right. SC 2095A (same obv. die as illustration); HGC 9, 1080j; CSE 1, 270 (same obv. die); De Clercq 186 (same obv. die). Near EF, toned. Extremely rare, one of three known.