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LOT 2673
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos IV Epiphanes AE Serrate. 175-164 BC. Ake-Ptolemaïs mint.
Laureate head of Apollo to right; monogram(?) behind / [BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY], Apollo seated to left on omphalos, testing arrow. HGC 9, 725. Near Very Fine.(3.40gr, 16mm, 1h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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