CNG 88, Lot: 456. Estimate $1000. Sold for $5500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos IV Epiphanes. 175-164 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 16.98 g, 11h). Tarsos (Antioch on the Kydnos) mint. Struck 173/68-164 BC. Diademed head right / Apollo Delphios seated left on omphalos; to outer left, monogram above wing; monogram to outer right, club in exergue. SC 1377.2a (this coin referenced); HGC 9, 615c. Near EF, attractively toned, minor die break in field on obverse, slight die shift on reverse. Excellent portrait.

From the Sierra Collection. Ex Gorny & Mosch 107 (2 April 2001), lot 255.