136, Lot: 49. Estimate $200. Sold for $165. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos III. 223-187 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 17.20 g). Tarsus mint. Diademed head right / Nude Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding arrow in right hand, left hand resting on bow; monogram outer left, NK monogram outer right, club in exergue. SC 1026.5; SNG Spaer 646 var. (torch left); WSM 1266 (same obverse die as 1260); CSE 463 (this coin). VF, lightly toned, two small test cuts on reverse.

From the Arthur Houghton Collection.