137, Lot: 29. Estimate $300. Sold for $295. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Seleukos IV Philopator. 187-175 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 16.82 g). Susa. Diademed head right / Apollo seated left on omphalos, testing arrow and holding bow; monograms in outer fields. SNG Spaer -; Houghton CSE 1060 = P. Strauss, “Un trésor de monnaies hellénistiques trouvé près de Suse,” RN (1971), p. 111, 14 (this coin). VF, toned.

From the Arthur Houghton Collection.