Details
LOT 2621
Ancient Greek Coins - Seleucid - Tryphon Bronze 142-138 BC.
Antioch mint. Obv: diademed head of Tryphon right. Rev: BASILEWS TRYFANOS AYTOKRATOROS to right and left of a Macedonian helmet left, adorned with ibex horn; star in lower left field. Near extremely fine.(4.23 grams.). [No Reserve]
Provenance
Property of a Harrow, UK gentleman.
Literature
BMC 11-12; Babelon Rois 1052; Hoover HGC 1061; Houghton SC 2034.2e; SNG Spaer 1830; Seyrig 23.
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