SELEUKID EMPIRE. Timarchos. Usurper, 164-161 BC. AR Drachm (19.5mm, 4.12 g, 12h). Ekbatana mint(?).CNG Feature Auction 117 Greek, Coin-in-Hand Video, Silver Sold For $ 4 750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Timarchos. Usurper, 164-161 BC. AR Drachm (19.5mm, 4.12 g, 12h). Ekbatana mint(?). Diademed head right; fillet border / [BA]ΣIΛEΩΣ [M]EΓAΛOY [TI]MAPXOY, Artemis advancing right, head left, holding bow in right hand and drawing arrow from quiver with left. SC 1592; Le Rider, Suse, p. 333, C2; HGC 9, 764; ECH 19 (this coin). Lightly toned, double struck on reverse. Near EF. Excellent metal. Extremely rare, the finer of two known of this issue (the other in the BN [= M&M AG FPL 219, no. 10]). |