439, Lot: 131. Estimate $150. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos VI Dionysos. 144-142 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 13.38 g, 12h). Ptolemaïs (Ake) mint. Dated SE 169 (144/3 BC). Diademed and draped bust right / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; grain stalk behind; L ΘΞP (date) to left, monogram to right and between legs. SC 2022.1a; HGC 9, 1033; DCA 179. VF, toned, porous, metal flaws on obverse. Very rare type and year of issue.