CNG 108, Lot: 316. Estimate $750. Sold for $2200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos Hierax. Circa 242-227 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31mm, 16.88 g, 1h). Lampsakos mint. Diademed and draped bust of Antiochos II right / Apollo Delphios, testing arrow and placing hand on grounded bow, seated left on omphalos; long torch to inner left; tripod in exergue. SC 855.1; Houghton, Lampsacus, Series 6, Group B, dies A15/P38; HGC 9, 401 (same dies as illustration); CSE 655 (same dies). Good VF, toned, a couple light marks. Very rare.

From the MNL Collection. Ex Bolaffi 319 (1 December 2011), lot 55.