Details
LOT 2650
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos VII Euergetes (Sidetes) AR Tetradrachm. 138-129 BC.
Antioch on the Orontes mint. Diademed head to right / Athena Nikephoros standing to left, resting hand on shield and spear under arm; ΒAΣΙΛEΩΣ ΑNTIOXOY in right field, EVEPΓETOV in left field; to outer left, mint monogram above monogram; O to inner right; all within wreath. SC 2061.4c; Lorber, Die, 802-6 (obv. die A100); HGC 9, 1067d. Very Fine.(16.18gr, 29mm, 1h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 560, 17 April 2024, lot 222.
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LOT 2650
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos VII Euergetes (Sidetes) AR Tetradrachm.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
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