CNG 109, Lot: 320. Estimate $2000.
Sold for $4500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.
SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos VI Dionysos. 144-142 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27.5mm, 16.94 g, 1h). Apameia on the Orontes mint. Dated SE 169 (144/3 BC). Radiate and diademed head right; star to left / The Dioskouroi riding left, holding couched lances; thyrsos to left; to right, TPY above IΠ above K; ΘΞP (date) below; all within wreath of laurel, ivy, and grain ears. SC 2010.4c; Houghton, Revolt, Group XIII, – (unlisted dies); HGC 9, 1032. Superb EF, lightly toned, underlying luster, minor marks. Bold portrait. Very rare.
Ex Roma XIII (23 March 2017), lot 449.
For Alexander II:
Sale: CNG 82, Lot: 721. Estimate $200.
Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2009.
Sold For $241. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.
SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Alexander II Zabinas. 128-122 BC. Æ 22mm (7.71 g, 12h). Antioch mint. Series 5, struck circa 125-122 BC. Radiate and diademed head right / Double cornucopia; A-Π flanking, star to lower left. SC 2237.1f. Good VF, attractive red-brown patina.