Details
LOT 3230
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos IV Epiphanes AE 27mm. Struck 169-168 BC. Antioch on the Orontes mint. 'Egyptianizing' series.
Head of Isis to right, wearing tainia / Eagle, with closed wings, standing to right on thunderbolt; BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY to right, ΘEOY EΠIΦANOYΣ to left. SC 1414; SMA 60; HGC 9, 644. Very Fine.(22.89gr, 27mm, 12h.).
Provenance
Acquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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