Lot 4144

Sale 135 · Important Australian, British, World, and Ancient Coins, Banknotes, and Medals

Description

Syria, Seleucid kingdom of Antiochos Hierax, (246-227 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.06 g), Lysimacheia Mint, obv. head of Antiochos I to right, rev. Apollo seated to left, on omphalos, holding arrow and resting on bow, to left **BASILEWS*, to right ANTIOXOY, ligated MB over monogram, (S.6918 var., SC 857 [R3], ACNAC Houghton [CSE] 675 [same dies], WSM 1620, HGC 9, 399d [R3]). Minor roughness, otherwise about extremely fine and extremely rare.

Ex CNG Triton III, 30 November 1999 (lot 1765 part).
Only a few known specimens and all come from the same pair of dies, two are in Coin Archives, the CSE coin referenced in SC, one in SCO (in the BN).

Estimate
$1,200
Result Status
Sold
Prices Realised
$1,000

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