Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 541. Estimate $400. Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005. Sold For $480. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos IV Epiphanes. 187-175 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.85 gm, 12h). Tarsos mint. Diademed head right / Apollo Delphios seated left on omphalos; to outer left, monogram above wing; monogram to outer right; club in exergue. SNG Spaer 1057 var. (monograms); Houghton 470 (this coin). Good VF, toned, minor flan flaw on cheek. ($400)
From the Arthur Houghton Collection. Ex Ma'aret en Numan Hoard (CH VI, 37 [Syria] = CH VII, 97).