CNG 111, Lot: 325. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos II Theos. 261-246 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 17.15 g, 12h). Sardes mint. Diademed head right / Apollo Delphios, testing arrow and resting hand on grounded bow, seated left on omphalos; two monograms in exergue (one off flan). SC 519 (same obv. die as illustration); HGC 9, 238h. Near EF, light golden tone, slightly off center on reverse. Very rare, only two in CoinArchives (one misidentified).
From the MNL Collection. Ex G. Hirsch 293 (25 September 2013), lot 2428.