Sale: CNG 72, Lot: 940. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 June 2006.  Sold For $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos II Theos. 261-246 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.98 g, 4h). Alexandreia in Areia (Artakoana) mint. Diademed head right / Apollo Delphios seated left; BA (retrograde) to outer left, monogram in exergue. SC 612.1 (this coin referenced); Ehling, Seleukidische 1 (V1/R1) = Houghton 1276 (this coin). Good VF, toned, cleaning marks in fields on reverse, some minor pitting under tone. Rare.

From the Arthur Houghton Collection, 1276.