CNG 96, Lot: 538. Estimate $500. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos II Theos. 261-246 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 16.96 g, 1h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Diademed head right / Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding arrow and bow; KE monogram to outer left, ΔI to outer right. SC 571.1a; Le Rider, Antioche 5–7 (A1/P2); HGC 9, 238o. Good VF, lightly toned, minor die flaw and tiny scratch on reverse.