Sale: CNG 63, Lot: 654. Estimate $600.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 May 2003.  Sold For $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos VII. 138-129 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.09 gm). Sidon mint. Dated year 177 (136/5 BC). Diademed and draped bust right / Eagle standing left, palm behind right shoulder; IOP (date) and monogram left, SIDO and aphlaston right. SNG Spaer 1999 (same obverse die). Lightly toned EF, obverse flan flaw and small rough spot on back of head, reverse double struck. Attractive portrait. ($600)