Triton XVI, Lot: 552. Estimate $2000. Sold for $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos VI Dionysos. 144-142 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 16.82 g, 1h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Dated SE 170 (143/2 BC). Radiate and diademed head right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY EΠIΦANOYΣ ΔIONYΣOY, the Dioskouroi, holding reins in right hand and couched lances in left, on horses rearing left; to right, TPY above Φ above ΣTA; OP (date) below; all within wreath of laurel, ivy, and grain ears. SC 2000.3a; SMA 244; CSE 235; SNG Spaer 1763 var. (secondary control mark); HGC 9, 1032; DCA 178. EF, lightly toned, obverse off center, small deposit at edge on reverse.