CNG 109, Lot: 392. Estimate $2000. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of CHARACENE. Hyspaosines. Circa 127-124 BC. AR Tetradrachm (33mm, 16.14 g, 12h). Charax-Spasinu mint. Dated SE 185 (127 BC). Diademed head right / Herakles seated left on rock, holding club on knee; monogram to outer left; EΠP (date) in exergue. Assar fig. 13 var. (date); Alram 491 var. (date); De Morgan –; BMC –; Sunrise –. Near EF, toned. Excellent metal and strike for issue. Overstruck on an uncertain Seleukid undertype.

From the MNL Collection, purchased from Frank L. Kovacs.