A Superb Example

Sale: Triton X, Lot: 397. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Monday, 8 January 2007.  Sold For $2600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos VI Dionysos. 144-142 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.48 g, 12h). Antioch mint. Dated SE 169 (144/3 BC). Radiate and diademed head right / BASILEWS ANTIOCOU EPIFANOUS DIONUSOU, the Dioskouroi riding left, holding couched lances; to right, TPY, monogram, and STA; QXR (date) below; all within wreath of lily, ivy, and grain ears. SMA 233; SNG Spaer 1762 var. (monogram). Superb EF, wonderful dark iridescent toning, slight obverse die shift.