One of Two Known for the Monogram

Sale: Triton X, Lot: 399. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Monday, 8 January 2007.  Sold For $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Seleukos VI Epiphanes Nikator. Circa 96-94 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.47 g, 1h). Seleukeia on the Kalykadnos mint. Diademed head right / Athena Nikephoros standing right; Nike crowns her with wreath; flower to outer right, ISI and monogram to inner right. Houghton, Seleucia, series IV (unlisted monogram); SNG Spaer -. EF, toned, hairline flan crack. Extremely rare with this monogram (one of apparently two known).

From the Richard Winokur Collection. Ex Freeman & Sear FPL 7 (Spring 2003), no. 174.