Two Extremely Rare Damaskos Tetradrachms – Cult Image of Hadad
CNG 96, Lot: 551. Estimate $3000. Sold for $4000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos XII Dionysos. 87/6-83/2 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 15.37 g, 12h). Damaskos mint. Dated SE 226 (87/6 BC). Diademed head right / Cult image of Hadad, holding grain ear, standing facing on double basis; two bull foreparts flanking legs; monogram and date in exergue. SC 2471.2; HHV 2–4 var. (unlisted dies); HGC 9, 1324; DCA 309. VF, toned, some porosity, a few scratches. Extremely rare, one of only four examples known for this date, two of which are in public collections (BM and BN).