Sale: CNG 60, Lot: 904. Estimate $600.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 May 2002.  Sold For $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Seleukid Kings. Timarchos, Usurper in Babylon. 162 BC. Æ 35mm (34.93 gm). Babylon mint. Diademed head of Timarchos right / BASILE[WS] right, MEGAL[OU] TIMAPXO[Y] left, Nike walking left, holding wreath in right hand, palm in left. SNG Spaer 1391 var. (spacing of legend); Houghton, CSE, 1231 var. (same). Near VF, dark brown patina, light adjustment marks, minor porosity. Bold portrait. Very rare. ($600)