Details
LOT 3098
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos II Theos AE 18mm. 261-246 BC. Uncertain mint, possibly Tralleis.
Laureate head of Apollo to right / BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ANTIOXOY, tripod; monogram of ΓΡΥ to outer left and monogram of OYI to outer right; below, anchor to right. SC 537.2; HGC 9, 253b. Very Fine.(3.90gr, 18mm, 12h.).
Provenance
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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