363, Lot: 196. Estimate $100. Sold for $210. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos VII Euergetes (Sidetes). 138-129 BC. Æ (20mm, 6.32 g, 12h). Local imitation(?). Uncertain mint. Diademed head right (possibly draped also?) / Nike advancing left, holding wreath before her face and palm frond over shoulder; ΑΓ monogram before her feet; P(retrograde)ΘΓ(retrograde) (nonsensical date) in exergue. Cf. SC 2129.2; cf. HGC 9, 1095. VF, dark brown and tan surfaces, scratches, obverse flan flaw.
An unusual local imitation with an interesting portrait style, and a nonsensical date.