The Usurper Timarchos

264, Lot: 135. Estimate $750. Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Timarchos. Usurper, 164-161 BC. Æ (37mm, 32.17 g, 2h). Ekbatana mint. Diademed head right / Nike advancing left, holding palm frond and crowning royal name. SC 1598; HGC 9, 769. VF, dark green patina with earthen highlights, light roughness and adjustment marks. Rare.

From the Stephen Glover Collection.