Triton XVIII, Lot: 181. Estimate $3000. Sold for $3000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Kleopatra Thea & Antiochos VIII. 125-121 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 16.43 g, 12h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Struck circa 122-121 BC. Jugate busts right of Kleopatra, wearing diadem, veil, and stephane, and Antiochos VIII, wearing diadem / BAΣIΛIΣΣHΣ KΛEOΠATPAΣ KAI BAΣI-ΛEΩΣ ANT-IOXOY, Zeus Nikephoros seated left; IE to outer left, Δ below throne. SC 2262.1b; SMA 360; HGC 9, 1182c; Sunrise 218 (this coin). Good VF, lightly toned. Well centered and struck.
From the Sunrise Collection.