High Relief Portrait

264, Lot: 130. Estimate $100. Sold for $360. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos IV Epiphanes. 175-164 BC. AR Drachm (15mm, 4.16 g, 12h). Uncertain mint in Northern Media or Hyrkania. Diademed head right / Apollo seated left on omphalos, testing arrow, resting hand on bow; monograms to outer and inner left. SC 1559.2; HGC 9 623e. Good VF, toned. Attractive portrait in high relief.

From the Stephen Glover Collection.