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CNG Feature Auction 120

Lot nuber 439

SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos IV Epiphanes. 175-164 BC. AR Tetradrachm (32.5mm, 14.72 g, 12h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Series 3, struck circa 166 BC.


CNG Feature Auction 120
Lot: 439.
 Estimated: $ 4 000

Greek, Silver

Sold For $ 3 250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos IV Epiphanes. 175-164 BC. AR Tetradrachm (32.5mm, 14.72 g, 12h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Series 3, struck circa 166 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY ΘEOY EΠIΦANOYΣ NIKHΦOPOY, Apollo, wearing chiton, standing right, holding phiale with his right hand and kithara with his left arm. SC 1401; Le Rider, Antioche 560 (A57’ or 58/P393); Mørkholm Series III, 24, dies A55/P207; SMA 64; HGC 9, 622; CSE 111 (same obv. die); Gulbenkian 1040 = Jameson 1699 (same obv. die). Toned, roughness. Good VF. Very rare.

Newell and Mørkholm associated this extraordinary type with the great panhellenic festival celebrated at Daphne. The authors of Seleucid Coins state that “only ten specimens of this exceptional coinage survive, and four or five of them show traces of overstriking.”

The final winners of all CNG 120 lots will be determined at the live online sale that will be held on 11-12 May 2022. CNG 120 – Session Two – Greek Coinage (Part 2) through Roman Provincial Coinage will be held Wednesday afternoon, 11 May 2022 beginning at 2:00 PM ET.

Winning bids are subject to a 20% buyer's fee for bids placed on this website and 22.50% for all others.

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