Two Herakles Resting Tetradrachms of Antiochos II
Triton XIX, Lot: 282. Estimate $3000. Sold for $2000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos II Theos. 261-246 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 17.02 g, 12h). Kyme mint. Diademed head of Antiochos I right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY, Herakles, right hand extended to hold base of club set on ground to left, left hand placed on rock, seated left on lion skin draped over rock; one-handled cup to outer left; E and monogram in exergue, monogram below royal title. SC 505.2a; WSM 1522; HGC 9, 241c. Good VF, toned. Rare.