Sale: Triton VII, Lot: 516. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Monday, 12 January 2004.  Sold For $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of CHARACENE. Thionesios I. Circa 25-20/18 BC. Billon Tetradrachm (13.09 gm). Dated Seleukid era 288 (25/4 BC). Diademed head right / [B]ASILLEWS QIONHHSIOS (sic) SWTHROS [K]AI EUERGE[TOU], Herakles seated left on rock, holding club; monogram above arm, Q above thigh, HPS (date) in exergue. Nicolet-Pierre, Thionèsis pl. IV, 19 var. (control marks); Alram -; cf. BMC Arabia pl. LIV, 4; De Morgan -. Toned, nice VF, obverse die break, reverse double struck. ($300)