Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII | Auction date: 9 January 2024 |
Lot number: 329 Price realized: 7,500 USD (Approx. 6,869 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on |
Lot description: SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos III 'the Great'. 222-187 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 16.93 g, 12h). "ΔI mint" in southern or eastern Syria. Struck circa 202-187 BC. Diademed head right (Type CII); ΔI to left / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY, Apollo, nude but for drapery around waist, testing arrow in extended right hand, and placing left hand on grounded bow to right, seated left on omphalos; ΔI in exergue. SC 1109.2 (this coin referenced and illustrated); ESM 605; HGC 9, 447y; CSE 1171 (this coin). Attractively toned, minor marks on reverse. EF. Well centered on a broad flan. Ex LHS 102 (29 April 2008), lot 307; Leu 81 (16 May 2001), lot 331; Arthur Houghton Collection (Numismatic Fine Arts XVIII, 31 March 1987), lot 324. Estimate: 1500 USD |