107, Lot: 90. Estimate $300. Sold for $350. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos VII Euergetes (Sidetes). 138-129 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31mm, 16.04 gm). Mallos mint. Diademed head right; M behind / Cult statue of Athena Magarasia facing, arms outstretched, holding spear tied with fillet; star over each shoulder; monograms either side of feet. SNG Spaer -; A. Houghton, "The Seleucid Mint of Mallus and the Cult Figure of Athena Magarsia," in Studies Mildenberg, 15 var. (A3/P-, reverse die not recorded); Houghton 507 var. (monograms). Near VF, obverse double struck. Very rare.

The Temple of Athena at Magarsos, near Mallos, was an important cultic sanctuary in the Hellenistic period. The central statue of Athena Magarsia is known only from the handful of coins that have survived, and which show a blending of Greek and eastern motifs.