SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos VI Dionysos. 144-142 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30.5mm, 16.91 g, 1h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Dated SE 170 (143/2 BC). Radiate and diademed head right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY EΠIΦANOYΣ ΔIONYΣOY, the Dioskouroi, holding reins in right hand and couched lances in left, on horses rearing left; to right, TPY above monogram above ΣTA; OP (date) below; all within wreath of laurel, ivy, roses, and grain ears. SC 2000.3d; SMA 242; HGC 9, 1032; DCA2 118; Babelon,
Rois 994 (same obv. die). Attractive iridescent tone, short edge split, minor die wear on obverse. EF.
Ex Gorny & Mosch 151 (9 October 2006), lot 222.
