Sale: CNG 73, Lot: 457. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 13 September 2006.  Sold For $1750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos VI Dionysos. 144-142 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.60 g, 1h). nmtioch mint. Dated SE 169 (144/3 BC). Radiate and diademed head right / The Dioskouroi riding left, holding couched lances; to right, TPY, monogram, and STA; QXP (date) below; all within wreath of lily, ivy, and grain ears. SNG Spaer 1762 var. (monogram); SMA 229. Superb EF, a couple minor die breaks on obverse.