Sale: Triton V, Lot: 1509. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 January 2002.  Sold For $480. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Seleukid Kings. Philip I. 93-83 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.48 gm). Uncertain mint. Diademed head right / BASILEWS FILIPPOU right, EPIFANOUS FILADELFOU left, Zeus enthroned left, holding Nike in right hand, lotus-tipped sceptre in left; two monograms to left, monogram under throne, monogram in exergue; all enclosed in a laurel wreath. SNG Spaer 2820 var. (slightly different monogram left, same obverse die); Houghton, CSE, -. Toned EF, surfaces a little rough, overstruck or double struck, with a full second profile visible. Rare. ($500)