Triton XVIII, Lot: 172. Estimate $300. Sold for $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Tryphon. Circa 142-138 BC. Æ (17.5mm, 4.66 g, 1h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Diademed head right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ TPYΦΩNOΣ [A]YTOKPAT[OPOΣ], spiked Macedonian helmet with cheek guards, adorned with wild goat’s horn above visor; aphlaston to inner left. SC 2034.2a; Seyrig p. 23, 22; HGC 9, 1055; Sunrise –. VF, dark green-brown patina.

From the Sunrise Collection. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 64 (17 May 2012), lot 1463.