CNG 109, Lot: 336. Estimate $2000. Sold for $3000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos IX Eusebes Philopator (Kyzikenos). 114/3-95 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 15.93 g, 12h). Uncertain Mint 119, in western Cilicia. Struck circa 114-113 BC. Diademed head right within fillet border / Athena Nikephoros standing left; two monograms to outer left; all within laurel wreath. SC 2346.1; Houghton,
Reigns, Series II, Group 1, dies A1/P1; HGC 9, 1228a. EF, minor roughness along edge. Extremely rare, only one listed by Houghton, this coin is the only example in CoinArchives.
From the MNL Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 236 (7 July 2010), lot 201.