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Details
LOT 3241
Seleukid Empire, Tryphon AE 17mm. Circa 142-138 BC. Antioch on the Orontes mint.
Diademed head to right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΤΡΥΦΩΝΟΣ ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΟΡΟΣ, Macedonian helmet with ibex horn to left; AΣK to inner left. SC 2039; HGC 9, 1061. Near Very Fine.(5.28gr, 17mm, 1h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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