364, Lot: 303. Estimate $300. Sold for $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 15.59 g, 12h). In the name and types of the Seleucid king Philip I Philadelphus. Dated year 3 of the Caesarean Era (47/6 BC). Diademed head right / Zeus Nicephorus seated left; monogram to inner left and below throne, Γ (date) and thunderbolt in exergue; all within wreath. McAlee 4; Prieur 4; RPC I 4127; SC 2491.1; HGC 9, 1360. EF, attractively toned, flaw on head of Zeus.
From the RBW Collection. Ex Rauch Summer Auction (29 August 2012), lot 452.