122, Lot: 77. Estimate $150. Sold for $90. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos II Theos. 261-246 BC. AR Drachm (16mm, 4.25 g, 6h). Alexandreia in Areia (Artacoana) mint. Diademed head of Antiochos I right / Apollo Delphios seated left on omphalos; monograms to [outer left], outer right, and in exergue. SC 613.2; K. Ehling, "Eine seleukidische Münzstätte in Areia (Artakoana/Alexandreia)," SNR 76 (1997), 11 (v1/r2) = Houghton 1278 (this coin); SNG Spaer -. VF, toned. Rare.

From the Arthur Houghton Collection.