Details
LOT 3228
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos IV Epiphanes AR Tetradrachm. Sruck circa 167-164 BC. Ptolemaïs (Ake) mint. Series 3.
Diademed head to right; monogram of AB behind / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOΧOY ΘEOY EΠIΦANOYΣ NIKHΦOPOY, Zeus seated to left on high-backed throne, right leg drawn back, holding sceptre with his left hand and Nike with wreath in his right; palm frond to outer left, AΓ in exergue. SC 1476.1b; Mørkholm 7; HGC 9, 620c. Very Fine. Lightly toned.(16.80gr, 31mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990.
Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
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LOT 3228
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos IV Epiphanes AR Tetradrachm.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
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