359, Lot: 107. Estimate $300. Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos X Eusebes Philopator. Circa 94-88 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25.5mm, 16.05 g, 1h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. First Reign, struck 94 BC. Diademed head right / Zeus Nikephoros seated left, holding scepter; monogram above A to outer left, monogram below throne; all within wreath. SC 2429.1c; HGC 9, 1287 corr. (without sideburn). EF, toned, a few tiny marks. The scratch-like marks around Antiochos’ eye are actually in the die.