Sale: Triton VII, Lot: 351. Estimate $7500.  Closing Date: Monday, 12 January 2004.  Sold For $5000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Tryphon. 142-138 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.87 gm). Antioch mint. Diademed head right / BASILEWS TRUFWNWS AUTOKRATOROS, Macedonian cavalry helmet with ibex horn, thunderbolt on cheek guard; monogram in inner left field, DH below; all within oak wreath. SNG Spaer -; SMA -; Houghton 257 var. (AG on reverse); Seyrig pg. 22, 6 var. (DI on reverse, same obverse die). Good VF. Rare. ($7500)

From the Arthur Houghton Collection.