CNG 108, Lot: 326. Estimate $500. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos IV Epiphanes. 175-164 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31.5mm, 16.67 g, 1h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Series 2, circa 173/2-169/8 BC. Diademed head right / Zeus Nikephoros seated left on throne showing both uprights; no control marks. SC 1396c; Le Rider, Antioche 102–3 (A10/P69); HGC 9, 619. VF, toned.

From the MNL Collection, purchased from Amphora Coins, 10 December 2010.