SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos I Soter. 281-261 BC. AV Stater (17mm, 8.50 g, 6h). Aï Khanoum mint. Struck circa 266-261 BC. NGC Ch AU, 3/5, 2/5, scuffs.Triton XXVII Greek, Gold Sold For $ 9 000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos I Soter. 281-261 BC. AV Stater (17mm, 8.50 g, 6h). Aï Khanoum mint. Struck circa 266-261 BC. Diademed head right, with elderly features / BAΣIΛEΩ[Σ] [A]NTIOXO[Y], Apollo, nude, testing arrow in extended right hand, and placing left hand on grounded bow, seated left on omphalos; to inner left, monogram above arm, ∆-in-circle below. SC 435.2 var. (monogram above arm); SMAK A1SA-15 var. (A12/P– [unlisted rev. die]); ESM 699 var. (same); HGC 9, 122. In NGC encapsulation 6827557-001, graded Ch AU, Strike: 3/5, Surface: 2/5, scuffs. |