CNG 111, Lot: 349. Estimate $500. Sold for $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos VI Dionysos. 144-142 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 13.21 g, 1h). Phoenician standard. Ptolemaïs (Ake) mint. Dated SE 170 (143/2 BC). Diademed and draped bust right / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; grain ear in background; L OP (date) to left, mint monogram to right, monogram between legs. SC 2022.2 var. (monogram between legs); HGC 9, 1033; DCA 179. Near EF, lightly toned, rough surfaces on obverse. Well centered. Rare date for type. Unpublished variety.