Triton XVIII, Lot: 721. Estimate $2000. Sold for $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos VI Dionysos. 144-142 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31.5mm, 16.45 g, 12h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Dated SE 169 (144/3 BC). Radiate and diademed head right / [BA]ΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY EΠIΦANOYΣ ΔIONYΣOY, the Dioskouroi, holding reins in right hand and couched lances in left, on horses rearing left; to right, TPY above monogram above ΣTA; ΘΞP (date) below; all within wreath of laurel, ivy, and grain ears. SC 2000.2d; SMA 229; HGC 9, 1032; DCA 178; CSE 232. Superb EF, slight die wear on obverse, reverse a little off center.