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LOT 3103
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos IV Epiphanes AE 34mm. 169-168 BC. Antioch on the Orontes mint. 'Egyptianizing' series.
Laureate head of Zeus-Serapis to right, wearing tainia with Osiris cap at tip / Eagle with closed wings standing to right on thunderbolt; BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY to right, ΘEOY EΠIΦANOYΣ to left. SC 1413; Houghton 118; Newell, SMA 59; HGC 9, 643. Near Very Fine.(39.68gr, 34mm, 1h.).
Provenance
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3103
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos IV Epiphanes AE 34mm.
Estimate £40 - 60€46 - 69 (for guidance only)$54 - 80 (for guidance only)
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