Details
LOT 2953
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos VI Dionysos AR Drachm. 144-142 BC.
Antioch on the Orontes; dated SE 169 = 144/3 BC. Radiate and diademed head to right / Apollo Delphios seated to left on omphalos; BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY to right, EΠIΦANOYΣ ΔIONYΣOY to left, monogram of AX between legs, ΘΞP (date) and ΣTA in exergue. SC 2002.1e; HGC 9, 1036a; DCA 179. Good Very Fine. Pleasant old cabinet tone.(3.85gr, 18mm, 1h). [No Reserve]
Provenance
Property of a Southminster, UK, collector.
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