Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 598. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $327. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos IX Philopator (Kyzikenos). 114-95 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.78 gm, 12h). Uncertain mint in northern Syria. Struck circa 114-107 BC. Diademed head right / Athena Nikephoros standing left; monogram and A to outer left, G to inner right; all within wreath. SNG Spaer -; Houghton, Reigns, Series I, Group 2 (A2/P3) = Houghton 335 (this coin). VF, toned, minor flan flaw on reverse. Rare. ($300)

From the Arthur Houghton Collection.