Sale: CNG 66, Lot: 697. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 19 May 2004.  Sold For $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos XIII. 66/5-64 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.59 gm). Antioch mint. Diademed head right / Zeus seated left, holding Nike and sceptre; monogram to inner left; all within wreath. SNG Spaer 2919; SMA 460. Toned, nice VF. Rare. ($1000)

Antiochos XIII "Asiatikos" was the last of the great line of Seleukid kings. He spent his youth in Asia and Rome, and following the withdrawal of Tigranes II from Syria he was placed on the Seleukid throne by the Romans. His reign was very turbulent, and in 64 BC he was ousted by Pompey. Thereafter, Syria became a Roman province.