Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
Lot number: 1552 Price realized: 410 CHF (Approx. 466 USD / 433 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on |
Lot description: KINGS OF CAPPADOCIA. temp. Ariarathes VIII – Ariobarzanes I, circa 100-80 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 28 mm, 16.22 g, 12 h), in the names and types of the Seleukid King Antiochos VII, Ariaratheia or Eusebia-Tyana. Diademed head of Antiochos VII to right. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟY - EYEPΓETOY Athena standing front, head to left, holding Nike in her right hand and resting her left on shield decorated with gorgoneion and set on ground; spear leaning against her left arm; to outer left, monogram above A; in inner field, T - A; all within laurel wreath. SC 2150.5. The obverse struck slightly off center, otherwise, about extremely fine. Ex Leu Web Auction 26, 8-13 July 2023, 1399 and previously from a Swiss collection, formed before 2005. Starting price: 75 CHF |