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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos IV Epiphanes. 175-164 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30.5mm, 16.53 g, 1h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Series 3, struck 168-164 BC. Good VF.Triton XXIX Greek, Coin-in-Hand Video, Silver Sold For $ 2 000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos IV Epiphanes. 175-164 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30.5mm, 16.53 g, 1h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Series 3, struck 168-164 BC. Diademed head right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY ΘEOY EΠIΦANOYΣ NIKEΦOPOY, Zeus Nikephoros seated left; monogram to outer left (engraved in die over previous monogram). SC 1400d; Le Rider, Antioche, Series IIIB, 402 (A39/P284) = Mørkholm Series III, 17, dies A36/P156 = N.L. Wright, “Non-Greek religious iconography on the coinage of Seleucid Syria” in Mediterranean Archaeology 22 (2009/10), pl. 6, 3 = Pitchfork 68 (this coin); HGC 9, 620a. Old cabinet tone with slight iridescence, trace deposits, shallow cut under tone on obverse. Good VF. |
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