| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 1707 Price realized: 2,600 CHF (Approx. 2,956 USD / 2,745 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: SELEUKID KINGS OF SYRIA. Antiochos IV Epiphanes, 175-164 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 28 mm, 16.80 g, 1 h), Ake-Ptolemais, summer to fall 168 or slightly later. Diademed head of Antiochos IV to right; below, two stars. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ - ANTIOXOY Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding arrow in his right hand and resting his left on grounded bow; to outer left, palm frond; to inner left, monogram of AB; in exergue, monogram. SC 1474. Extremely rare. An attractive coin with an incredibly sensitive portrait. Light marks, otherwise, very fine. The coinage of Antiochos IV at Ake-Ptolemais was issued to support his invasions of Ptolemaic Egypt in 170-168 BC, the so-called Sixth Syrian War. The present issue is dated by Houghton & Lorber to the summer/fall of 168 BC or slightly later, right after the infamous 'Day of Eleusis', when the Seleukid monarch was humiliated by the Roman emissary, Gaius Popillius Laenas. Victorious on all fronts, Antiochos IV had just invaded Egypt for the second time, captured Memphis and was advancing on Alexandria to annihilate the Ptolemaic Kingdom once and for all, when Laenas arrived on the scene. Worried about a resurging Seleukid superpower, the senator refused to greet the king, drawing a line around him in the sand with a stick and ordering the baffled monarch to chose between immediate withdrawal from Egypt or war with Rome before leaving the circle. Fearing Roman intervention, Antiochus IV backed down and left Egypt immediately. In doing so, he revealed to the entire world that even the most powerful of all Hellenistic states was unwilling and unable to challenge Roman hegemony in its own backyard. Starting price: 500 CHF |  |
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| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 1708 Price realized: 550 CHF (Approx. 625 USD / 581 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: SELEUKID KINGS OF SYRIA. Antiochos IV Epiphanes, 175-164 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 32 mm, 17.03 g, 1 h), Ake-Ptolemais, circa 167-164. Diademed head of Antiochos IV to right; behind, monogram of AB. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ / ANTIOΧOY - ΘEOY / EΠIΦANOYΣ / NIKHΦOPOY Zeus seated left, holding Nike in his right hand and long scepter in his left; to outer left, palm frond; in exergue, monograms of AB and HP. SC 1476.2a. Minor marks and struck from a slightly worn obverse die, otherwise, very fine. From the American collection, ex Roma E-Auction 35, 3 May 2017, 400. Starting price: 100 CHF |  |
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| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 1709 Price realized: 500 CHF (Approx. 568 USD / 528 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: SELEUKID KINGS OF SYRIA. Antiochos IV Epiphanes, 175-164 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 30 mm, 16.79 g, 1 h), Ake-Ptolemais, circa 167-164. Diademed head of Antiochos IV to right; behind, monogram of AB. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ / ANTIOΧOY - ΘEOY / EΠIΦANOYΣ / NIKHΦOPOY Zeus seated left, holding Nike in his right hand and long scepter in his left; to outer left, palm branch; in exergue, monograms of AB and MY. SC 1476.2e. Harshly cleaned and rough, otherwise, very fine. Starting price: 75 CHF |  |
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| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 66 Price realized: 900 CHF (Approx. 1,023 USD / 950 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: SELEUKID KINGS OF SYRIA. Antiochos IV Epiphanes, 175-164 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 29 mm, 17.00 g, 12 h), Ake-Ptolemais, circa 167-164. Diademed head of Antiochos IV to right; behind, monogram of AB. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ / ANTIOΧOY - ΘEOY / EΠIΦANOYΣ / NIKHΦOPOY Zeus seated left, holding Nike in his right hand and long scepter in his left; to outer left, palm branch; in exergue, monograms off flan. HGC 9, 619. SC 1476.1-2. Struck on a somewhat short flan, otherwise, about extremely fine. From the James Knox Collection of Biblical related coins, ex Gorny & Mosch 208, 16 October 2012, 1645. Starting price: 150 CHF |  |
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| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 67 Price realized: 380 CHF (Approx. 432 USD / 401 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: SELEUKID KINGS OF SYRIA. Antiochos IV Epiphanes, 175-164 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 30 mm, 16.94 g, 12 h), Ake-Ptolemais, circa 167-164. Diademed head of Antiochos IV to right; behind, monogram of AB. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ / ANTIOΧOY - ΘEOY / EΠIΦANOYΣ / NIKHΦOPOY Zeus seated left, holding Nike in his right hand and long scepter in his left; to outer left, palm branch; in exergue, monograms of AB and HP. HGC 9, 619. SC 1476.2a. Struck from a worn obverse die, otherwise, good very fine. From the James Knox Collection of Biblical related coins, privately acquired from Harlan J. Berk on 27 November 2012. Starting price: 100 CHF |  |
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| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 68 Price realized: 550 CHF (Approx. 625 USD / 581 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: SELEUKID KINGS OF SYRIA. Antiochos IV Epiphanes, 175-164 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 31 mm, 17.00 g, 12 h), Ake-Ptolemais, circa 167-164. Diademed head of Antiochos IV to right; behind, monogram of AB. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ / ANTIOΧOY - ΘEOY / EΠIΦANOYΣ / NIKHΦOPOY Zeus seated left, holding Nike in his right hand and long scepter in his left; to outer left, palm branch; in exergue, monogram of MY. SC 1476.1f. Lightly toned. Struck from a worn obverse die and with a few small scratches and trace deposits, otherwise, about extremely fine. From the James Knox Collection of Biblical related coins, privately acquired on 24 October 1998. Starting price: 100 CHF |  |
