Very Rare Type
316, Lot: 185. Estimate $150. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos VI Dionysos. 144-142 BC. Æ (17mm, 3.69 g, 3h). Uncertain mint, probably in Northern Syria. Forepart of panther right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕ[ΩΣ] ΑΝΤΙΟΧ[ΟΥ] ΕΠΙΦΑΝ[ΟΥΣ] ΔΙΟΝΥΣΟΥ in four lines within ivy wreath. SC 2019; HGC 9, 1050. Good Fine, dark green patina, obverse die flaw above panther’s back. Very rare and interesting type.
From the J. P. Righetti Collection.