Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 546. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $1375. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos VI Dionysos. 145-142 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.68 gm, 1h). Antioch mint. Dated SE 170 (143/2 BC). Radiate and diademed head right / BASILEWS ANTIOCOU EPIFANOUS DIONUSOU below, the Dioskouroi riding left with couched lances; TPY, monogram, and STA to right, OP below; all in wreath of lily, ivy, and grain ears. SNG Spaer 1763; SMA 245; Houghton 236. Good VF, lightly toned. Broad flan. ($1000)

From the Ronald Cohen Collection.