SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos IV Epiphanes. 175-164 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 17.11 g, 1h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Series 1, struck 175–circa 173/2 BC. Good VF.Triton XXVI Greek, Silver Sold For $ 1 800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos IV Epiphanes. 175-164 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 17.11 g, 1h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Series 1, struck 175–circa 173/2 BC. Diademed head right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANT-IOXOY, Apollo, nude, testing arrow in his right hand, left hand holding tip of bow set on ground to right, seated left on omphalos; tripod to outer left, kithara to outer right, monogram in exergue. SC 1395.1b; Le Rider, Antioche, Series I, 10–12A (A3/P6); HGC 9, 615d; SNG Spaer 960 = CSE 97 (same dies); BMC 4 (same dies). Trace deposits, light marks, faint cleaning scratches. Good VF. Very rare issue from the first series at Antioch, only ten noted by Le Rider, none in SCO, one additional in CoinArchives. |