SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos VI Dionysos. 144-142 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 13.78 g, 1h). Phoenician standard. Ptolemaïs (Ake) mint. Dated SE 170 (143/2 BC).Triton XXV Greek, Silver Sold For $ 2 750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos VI Dionysos. 144-142 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 13.78 g, 1h). Phoenician standard. Ptolemaïs (Ake) mint. Dated SE 170 (143/2 BC). Diademed and draped bust right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY, eagle standing left on thunderbolt; grain ear in background; L OP (date) to left, mint monogram to right, monogram between legs. SC 2022.2 var. (monogram between legs); HGC 9, 1033; DCA 179. Find patina, scattered marks. Good VF. Rare date for type, and the second known with this monogram between the eagle’s legs (see CNG 111, lot 349, for the other). |