Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 537. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $375. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Seleukos IV Philopator. 187-175 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.94 gm, 12h). Nisibis mint. Diademed head right; wreath behind / Apollo Delphios seated left on omphalos; AN in exergue. SNG Spaer 933 (same obv. die); Mørkholm, Monnayage 8 (A9/R-); Houghton 907 (this coin). VF, light iridescent toning. High relief bust. ($300)

From the Arthur Houghton Collection.