CNG 108, Lot: 307. Estimate $500. Sold for $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos II Kallinikos. 246-225 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 16.82 g, 12h). Teos or Ephesos mint. Diademed head right / Apollo Delphios, testing arrow, standing left, leaning on tripod to right; palm frond to inner left. SC 644.2; HGC 9, 303j. VF, deeply toned. Well centered.
From the MNL Collection. Ex Tannenbaum Collection (Roma E-Sale 1, 31 August 2013), lot 275.
For an updated discussion on the mint for this issue, see SC Part II, Volume I, p. 658, Ad137 note.