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LOT 3240
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos VI Dionysos AE Serrate. 143-142 BC. Antioch on the Orontes mint.
Radiate and diademed head to right / Elephant advancing to left, holding torch in trunk; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ in two lines above, ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΔΙΟΝΥΣΟΥ in two lines below, ΣTA above cornucopia to right. SC 2006a; HGC 9, 1043. Very Fine.(8.47gr, 23mm, 1h.).
Provenance
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection.
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