CNG 108, Lot: 295. Estimate $1000. Sold for $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos I Soter. 281-261 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 16.60 g, 1h). Uncertain mint in Cilicia, northern Syria, or northern Mesopotamia. Diademed head right / Apollo Delphios, testing arrow and placing hand on grounded bow, seated left on omphalos; monograms on omphalos and in exergue. SC 360; HGC 9, 128f. Near EF, toned. High relief portrait. Very rare, only two in CoinArchives.

From the MNL Collection, purchased from Ancient Delights, 12 December 2014.