240, Lot: 238. Estimate $100. Sold for $310. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos Hierax. Circa 242-227 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31mm, 15.54 g, 11h). Alexandria Troas mint. Diademed head right / Apollo seated left on omphalos; monograms in outer left below arrow and inner left above arrow; in exergue, horse grazing right. SC 885; HGC 9, 405. Near VF, rough, deposits and scratches, die break on reverse. Rare.

An interesting issue with a highly schematized portrait and double ground line.