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LOT 3113
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; uncertain legend to inner left. HGC 9, 1061. Near Very Fine.(4.83gr, 17mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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