Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 542. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos IV Epiphanes. 175-164 BC. AR Drachm (4.04 gm, 12h). Ekbatana mint. Diademed head right / BASILEWS ANTI-OCOU, Apollo seated left on omphalos, nude but for slight drapery on right thigh, holding arrow in right hand, left hand resting on bow; DI to outer right, letter or monogram in exergue. SNG Spaer 1215 var. (DI in exergue); Le Rider, Suse pl. LXIII, 13 var. (same); Houghton 1220 var. (no DI or monogram, same obverse die). EF, iridescent toning. Good metal for issue. ($300)