295, Lot: 281. Estimate $150. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Philip I Philadelphos. Circa 95/4-76/5 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 15.19 g, 12h). Uncertain mint, possibly Antioch. Diademed head right / Zeus Nikephoros seated left; monogram below throne, Σ in exergue; all within wreath. Cf. SC 2464 (with N, Π, or T in exergue); HGC 9, 1320. VF, light porosity, small metal flaw by eye, scratch at chin, deposits on reverse. Apparently a new variety with Σ in exergue.