Triton XXII, Lot: 312. Estimate $2000. Sold for $2000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos IV Epiphanes. 175-164 BC. AR Tetradrachm (32mm, 16.52 g, 12h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Third series, 168-164 BC. Diademed head right / [B]AΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY ΘEOY [E]ΠIΦANOYΣ NIKEΦOPOY, Zeus Nikephoros seated left; monogram to outer left. SC 1400d; Le Rider,
Antioche, Series IIIB, 457 (A44/P320 –
this coin); Mørkholm Series III, 17; HGC 9, 620a. Near EF, toned, a few deposits. The only example of this die pairing.
From the MNL Collection. Ex CNG inventory 884714 (December 2010); Hess-Leu 31 (6 December 1966), lot 517.