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LOT 2648
Seleukid Empire, Seleukos IV Philopator AR Tetradrachm. 187-175 BC.
Antioch on the Orontes mint. Diademed head to right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΣΕΛ-ΕΥΚΟΥ, Apollo Delphios, nude but for chlamys draped from his waist, wearing laurel wreath and seated on omphalos to left, testing arrow with his right hand and resting his left on a bow leaning against the omphalos behind him; filleted palm frond to outer left. SC 1313.6a; HGC 9, 582d. Very Fine.(17.17gr, 29mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From a private collection in Europe.
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LOT 2648
Seleukid Empire, Seleukos IV Philopator AR Tetradrachm.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £943
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