Details
LOT 3244
Seleukid Empire, Tryphon AE 18mm. Circa 142-138 BC. Uncertain mint 100.
Diademed head to right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ TPYΦΩNOΣ AYTOKPATOPOΣ, spiked Macedonian helmet with cheek guards, adorned with wild goat's horn above visor; AΣ to inner left. SC 2040a; HGC 9, 1061. Near Very Fine.(5.85gr, 18mm, 2h.).
Provenance
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection.
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