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LOT 2741

Seleukid Empire, Antiochos VII Euergetes (Sidetes) AR Didrachm. 138-129 BC.

Tyre mint. Dated SE 174 (139/8 BC). Phoenician standard. Diademed and draped bust to right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ, eagle standing to left on prow, palm frond in background, to left, [I]EP[A] above club surmounted by Tyre monogram, to right, ΑΣΥ above ΔOP (date), AΣ between legs. SC 2110.2c; DCA 201; HGC 9, 1077. Very Fine. Circular inscription in Phoenician on cheek.(7.02gr, 21mm, 12h.).

Provenance

From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

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Enigmatic Circular Inscription on Cheek

LOT 2741

Seleukid Empire, Antiochos VII Euergetes (Sidetes) AR Didrachm.

Sold for (Inc. bp): £182

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