136, Lot: 44. Estimate $200. Sold for $145. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Seleukos II. 246-226 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 16.85 g). Uncertain mint. Diademed head right / Nude Apollo standing left, holding arrow in right hand, left elbow resting on tall tripod behind; monogram before, monogram outer right. SC 746a = CSE 669(this coin); SNG Spaer 459 (same dies); WSM 1318 (Tarsos). VF, toned, some minor porosity.

From the Arthur Houghton Collection.