Very Rare Type and Year of Issue

440, Lot: 208. Estimate $200. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos VI Dionysos. 144-142 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29.5mm, 13.48 g, 12h). Ptolemaïs (Ake) mint. Dated SE 169 (144/3 BC). Diademed and draped bust right / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; grain stalk behind; L ΘΞP (date) to left, monogram to right and between legs. SC 2022.1b; HGC 9, 1033; DCA 179. VF, rough obverse surfaces, reverse die shift. Very rare type and year of issue.