CNG 99, Lot: 334. Estimate $500. Sold for $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Seleukos IV Philopator. 187-175 BC. AR Drachm (17mm, 4.31 g, 12h). Soloi mint. Diademed head right; diadem ends falling straight behind / Apollo Delphios seated left on omphalos, holding arrow and grounded bow; to outer left, [Σ]A above owl standing right; ON to outer right. SC 1304 var. (one diadem end falls over shoulder); Houghton, Royal 49–50 var. (unlisted dies); HGC 9, 582a. Good VF, toned, light hairline scratches. Very rare.