Third Known

271, Lot: 289. Estimate $200. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of COMMAGENE. Antiochos IV Epiphanes, with Iotape. AD 38-72. Æ (26mm, 13.77 g, 12h). Elaeusa-Sebaste mint. [B]AΣIΛEΩΣ MEΓAΛOY ANTIOXO[Y EΠIΦANOYΣ], diademed head of Antiochos IV right; Δ/K/Σ behind / ΣEBAΣTHNΩN MHTPOΠOΛEΩΣ/ BAΣIΛI/[Σ]ΣA IΩTAΠH, Iotape seated left, holding phiale and scepter; ΔI to left. H. Seyrig, “Sur quelques ères Syriennes,” RN (1964), p. 51, fig. 7 = SNG France 1162 = RPC I 3720.1 (same obv. die); F. Imhoof-Blumer, “Griechische Münzen aus dem Museum in Klagenfurt,” NZ (1884), p. 285, 130 = RSN VIII (1898), p. 31, 20 = RPC I 3720.2. VF, scuff on obverse edge, scratches and possible traces of silvering on reverse. Extremely rare - possibly the third known.