96, Lot: 56. Estimate $200. Sold for $247. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos IV. 175-164 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31mm, 16.66 gm). Antioch mint. Diademed head right; two stars at ends of diadem ties / Zeus seated left, holding Nike and sceptre. Cf. Le Rider, Antioche, Series II, 130-142 (unlisted dies); Mørkholm Series II; SNG Spaer 973; SMA -. VF.

Although the dies are unlisted in Le Rider's new die study, the extreme similarity of the obverse to his dies A14 and A15, suggests that the same engraver produced the die used to strike this coin.