Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 542. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $360. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos IV Epiphanes. 175-164 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.00 gm, 1h). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Diademed head right / Apollo Delphios seated left on omphalos; monogram in exergue. SNG Spaer 1196 var. (monogram); Houghton 979 (this coin). VF, iridescent toning, struck with worn dies. ($300)

From the Arthur Houghton Collection.