CNG 109, Lot: 320. Estimate $2000. Sold for $4500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos VI Dionysos. 144-142 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27.5mm, 16.94 g, 1h). Apameia on the Orontes mint. Dated SE 169 (144/3 BC). Radiate and diademed head right; star to left / The Dioskouroi riding left, holding couched lances; thyrsos to left; to right, TPY above IΠ above K; ΘΞP (date) below; all within wreath of laurel, ivy, and grain ears. SC 2010.4c; Houghton,
Revolt, Group XIII, – (unlisted dies); HGC 9, 1032. Superb EF, lightly toned, underlying luster, minor marks. Bold portrait. Very rare.
Ex Roma XIII (23 March 2017), lot 449.