Triton XVIII, Lot: 171. Estimate $5000. Sold for $6500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Tryphon. Circa 142-138 BC. AR Drachm (17mm, 4.17 g, 12h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Diademed head right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ TPYΦΩNOΣ AYTOKPATOP[OΣ], spiked Macedonian helmet with cheek guards, adorned with wild goat’s horn above visor; monogram to inner left. SC 2033a; SMA 265; HGC 9, 1060; Sunrise 211 (this coin). EF, lightly toned. Rare.

From the Sunrise Collection, purchased from Freeman & Sear.