Lot 4402

Description

Syria, Seleucis and Pieria, Seleucia, (after 109 B.C.) and issued in year 18 = 92-1 B.C., silver tetradrachm, (14.39 g), obv. veiled and turreted bust of Tyche to right, in bead and reel border, rev. thunderbol, with fillet on cushion on stool, **SELEUKEWN / THS IERAS*, below KAI / AVTONOMOV, between legs of stool HI (date = 18), (S.5887, cf.BMC 23 [year 17], Cohen 'Dated Coins of Antiquity' (p.378), noted date in dealers listing Windsor Antiques August 15, 2007). Surface scratches and marks, otherwise very fine, a very rare date.

Ex I.S. Wright, Sydney, Status Auction Sale 282, October 21, 2011 (lot 5511).