Triton XVIII, Lot: 152. Estimate $30000. Sold for $32500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos III ‘the Great’. 222-187 BC. AV Stater (17mm, 8.54 g, 1h). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Struck circa 211-209/8 BC. Diademed head right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTI-OXOY, Apollo Delphios seated left on omphalos, testing arrow in his right hand, left hand on bow set on ground to right; monogram to outer left and right. SC 1159; ESM 242; HGC 9, 442c; Sunrise 193 (this coin). Near EF, a few light marks. Extremely rare.

From the Sunrise Collection. Ex Triton VIII (11 January 2005), lot 538.

This coin was part of a special commemoration issue for Antiochos’ successful Armenian campaign, which included gold staters and oktodrachms.