133, Lot: 96. Estimate $500. Sold for $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos IV Epiphanes. 175-164 BC. AR Tetradrachm (32mm, 15.58 g). Antioch mint. Struck 169-164 BC. Laureate and bearded head of Zeus with features of Antiochos right / Zeus seated left, holding Nike and sceptre. SNG Spaer 1003; SMA 63. VF, porous. Rare.

Newell (SMA pg. 30) identifies the tetradrachms with the head of Zeus on the obverse as a special issue for the festival of Daphne. His theory depends heavily on the story that Antiochos IV erected a copy of the celebrated Phidian cult statue at Ol