Rare Phokaia Mint Issue

399, Lot: 235. Estimate $500. Sold for $2100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos Hierax. Circa 242-227 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28.5mm, 16.94 g, 11h). Phokaia mint. Diademed head of Antiochos II right; no border / Apollo Delphios, testing arrow and placing hand on grounded bow, seated left on omphalos; in exergue, seal left; no border. SC 894 (same dies as illustration); HGC 9, 400g. Good VF, surfaces a little rough. Very rare.