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Triton XVI, Lot: 553. Estimate $2500.
Sold for $2300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos VI Dionysos. 144-142 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 16.59 g, 12h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Dated SE 170 (143/2 BC). Radiate and diademed head right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY EΠIΦANOYΣ ΔIONYΣOY, the Dioskouroi, holding reins in right hand and couched lances in left, on horses rearing left; to right, TPY above HΔP monogram above ΣT[A]; OP (date) below; all within wreath of laurel, ivy, and grain ears. SC 2000.3c; SMA 241 var. (monogram); CSE 235 var. (same; same obv. die); SNG Spaer 1763 var. (same); HGC 9, 1032; DCA 178. Superb EF, even gray toning with light golden hues around the devices.