SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos II Theos. 261-246 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 17.06 g, 12h). Bargyla mint(?).CNG Feature Auction 115 Greek, Silver Sold For $ 2 750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos II Theos. 261-246 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 17.06 g, 12h). Bargyla mint(?). Diademed head right / Apollo Delphios, testing arrow and placing hand on grounded bow, seated left on omphalos; to outer left, statue of Artemis Kindyas facing; trace of control mark in exergue. SC 549 (same obv. die as illustration); Delrieux, Statue, I var. (D1/R– [unlisted rev. die]); HGC 9, 238l. Lightly toned. Near EF. Extremely rare, only two specimens recorded by Delrieux (both in museum collections, Berlin and London), and only two others in CoinArchives. |