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LOT 2871

Seleukid Empire, Antiochos IV Epiphanes AE 32mm. 175-164 BC.

Antioch on the Orontes mint. Struck 169-168 BC. "Egyptianizing" series. Laureate head of Zeus-Serapis to right, wearing tainia with Osiris cap at tip / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΘΕΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ, eagle with closed wings standing to right on thunderbolt. SC 1413; HGC 9, 643. Very Fine.(35.77gr, 32mm, 12h.).

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From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

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LOT 2871

Seleukid Empire, Antiochos IV Epiphanes AE 32mm.

Sold for (Inc. bp): £65

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