SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos IV Epiphanes. 175-164 BC. AR Drachm (18.5mm, 4.04 g, 12h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Stuck circa 169 BC.CNG Feature Auction 115 Greek, Silver Sold For $ 4 250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos IV Epiphanes. 175-164 BC. AR Drachm (18.5mm, 4.04 g, 12h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Stuck circa 169 BC. Diademed head right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY ΘEOY EΠIΦANOYΣ, eagle standing right on thunderbolt. SC 1404; Le Rider, Antioche, Series II, 23 (A2/P16) = Mørkholm Series II, 9, dies A2/P7 = Hunterian 48; HGC 9, 627. Lightly toned, trace deposits, some scratches and scrapes, slightly off center on obverse. VF. Extremely rare, apparently the fourth known (the first was the Hunterian coin noted above, the second is the Seyrig coin that now is in the BM and is illustrated in SC and HGC, the third is in CoinArchives [Gemini IV, lot 217]). |