357, Lot: 155. Estimate $100. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos VII Euergetes (Sidetes). 138-129 BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 4.19 g, 1h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Diademed head right / Nike advancing left, holding wreath; monogram to outer left, IT to lower inner right. SC 2062.2d var. (ΠT monogram to lower inner right); HGC 9, 1080b. VF, toned, flan flaws on cheek.

According to Seleucid Coins, the control monogram beneath Nike’s wing for 2062.2d should be either a Π or a ΠT monogram. On this coin, it is clear that the letters are IT, with a definite separation between the I and T.