136, Lot: 56. Estimate $200. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos IV. 175-164 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 17.09 g). Ake-Ptolemais mint. Diademed head right; AB monogram behind / Zeus seated left, holding Nike in right hand, lotus-tipped sceptre in left; palm outer left, monogram below throne, AG in exergue recut over an erased monogram. Mørkholm pg. 50 (A12/P?); SNG Spaer 1155 var.; CSE 784 (this coin). EF, lightly toned, large obverse die break.

From the Arthur Houghton Collection.