Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1043. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos IX Philopator (Kyzikenos). 114/3-95 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.28 g, 12h). Tarsos mint, first reign, circa 114/3-112 BC. Diademed head right/ BASILEWS ANTIOCOU [FI]LOPATOROS, Altar, within which Sandan stands on the back of a mythical creature right; two monograms to outer left. SNG Spaer -; Houghton 495 = Jameson 1753 (this coin). Good VF, attractively toned. Rare. ($750)

From the Arthur Houghton Collection, 495. Ex Hess-Leu 31 (6 December 1966), lot 524; Hess-Leu (16 April 1957), lot 301; R. Jameson Collection, 1753.