Sale: CNG 67, Lot: 881. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 September 2004.  Sold For $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Tryphon (Diodotos). 142-139 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.86 gm). Antioch mint. Diademed head right / Macedonian cavalry helmet with ibex horn, thunderbolt on cheek guard, within oak wreath. SNG Spaer 1822 (same obverse die); Seyrig, "Notes on Syrian Coins," ANSMN 119, pg. 22, 3 (same obverse die); SMA 263. Fine, darkly toned, broken and repaired from 12:00 to 2:00. Rare. ($500)

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Ex Numismatic Fine Arts VI (27-28 February 1979), lot 381.