136, Lot: 58. Estimate $300. Sold for $290. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos V. 164-162 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 16.86 g). Antioch mint. Diademed head right / Zeus seated left, holding Nike in right hand, lotus-tipped sceptre in left; HP monogram outer left. SNG Spaer 1246 var. (same obverse die, different monogram); SMA 77 (same obverse die); CSE 138 (this coin). EF, lustrous with iridescent toning, some hoard patina and light roughness.

From the Arthur Houghton Collection.