263, Lot: 148. Estimate $200. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Tryphon. Circa 142-138 BC. AR Drachm (16mm, 3.73 g, 2h). Contemporary imitation. Copying Antioch mint. Diademed head right / Spiked Macedonian helmet with cheek guards, adorned with wild goat’s horn above visor; ΔH below. Cf. SC 2031.3c (tetradrachm); cf. HGC 9, 1060. Near VF, toned, some porosity. Rare.

From the Fredy Vortisch Collection.