| Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 116 | Auction date: 18 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 456 Price realized: 750 GBP (Approx. 949 USD / 875 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 X Eusebes Philopator AR Drachm. Tarsos, 94-88 BC. Diademed head to right / Sandan, wearing a polos and robes and with a bow and quiver over his shoulder, holding a double axe in his left hand and with his right raised, standing to right on the back of a horned and winged lion; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ in two lines to right, ΕΥΣΕΒΟΥΣ ΦΙΛΟΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ in two lines to left, two monograms in outer right field. SC 2426A; SCADS33 = Pecunem 23, 484 = CNG 109, 346 (same dies); CNG 99, 349. 3.14g, 18mm, 12h. Good Very Fine. Extremely Rare; third known example. As noted on seleucidaddenda.wordpress.com, "This is the first coin known for the king at Tarsus. It is especially notable for its use of a pi-control similar to that previously employed by Antiochus IX and Seleucus VI at the city. It is overstruck on a host coin that had this same control, but apparently a different legend. It seems likely that the host is either an unrecorded variety of Antiochus IX drachm or an entirely unknown drachm of Seleucus VI." Estimate: 500 GBP |  |
