SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos VI Dionysos. 144-142 BC. AR Tetradrachm (33mm, 16.49 g, 1h). Antioch mint. Dated SE 169 (144/3 BC). Superb EF.Triton XXVI Greek, Silver Sold For $ 3 750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos VI Dionysos. 144-142 BC. AR Tetradrachm (33mm, 16.49 g, 1h). Antioch mint. Dated SE 169 (144/3 BC). Radiate and diademed head right; star to left / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY EΠIΦANOYΣ ΔIONYΣOY, the Dioskouroi on horseback riding left, holding couched lances; to right, TPY, monogram, and ΣTA; ΘΞP (date) below; all within wreath of lily, ivy, and grain ears. SC 2000.1c; SMA 233 var. (no star on obv.); HGC 9, 1032; Vinchon (2 December 1976), lot 146 (same obv. die). Wonderful dark iridescent tone, underlying luster, slight die shift and a little die wear on obverse. Superb EF. Extremely rare issue with star on obverse, none in SCO, only this example in CoinArchives (but misattributed). |