| VAuctions > Pars Coins Sale 42 | Auction date: 30 October 2023 |
| Lot number: 36 Price realized: 75 USD (Approx. 71 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: SELEUKID KINGS, Diodotos Tryphon. 142-138 BC. Æ (4.98 gm; 17 mm). Uncertain mint in Northern Syria. Diademed head of Diodotos Tryphon right / Spiked Macedonian helmet adorned with wild goat horns. SC 2039; HGC 9, 1061. Well struck on a nice flan. Beautiful style. Dark brown patina. Choice EF. Estimate: 125 USD Starting price: 75 USD |  |
Match 1:
| VAuctions > Pars Coins Bargain E-Sale 18 | Auction date: 25 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 5 Price realized: 35 USD (Approx. 33 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: KINGS of MACEDON, Alexander III. 336-323 BC. Æ (1.40 gm; 11 mm). Uncertain mint in Macedon. Struck circa 325-310 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Bow in bow-case and club. Price 266. Well struck on a nice flan. Brown reddish patina. Choice EF. Scarce. Estimate: 100 USD Starting price: 1 USD |  |
Match 2:
| Leu Numismatik AG > Auction 15 | Auction date: 1 June 2024 |
| Lot number: 144 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction - Bid on this lot  | |
| Lot description: SELEUKID KINGS. Tryphon, circa 142-138 BC. AE (Bronze, 18 mm, 5.95 g, 4 h), Antiochia on the Orontes. Diademed head of Tryphon to right. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ / TPYΦΩNOΣ - AYTOKPATOPOΣ Spiked Macedonian (or Cretan?) helmet with cheek guards facing to left, adorned with wild goat's horn above visor; in lower field to left, pilei of the dioskouroi. CSE 259. SC 2034.2d. Well struck and with a lovely dark patina. Good extremely fine. From a European collection, formed before 2005. Estimate: 350 CHF |  |
Match 3:
| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 560 | Auction date: 17 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 217 Price realized: 110 USD (Approx. 103 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: SELEUKID EMPIRE. Tryphon. Circa 142-138 BC. Æ (17mm, 4.48 g, 1h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Diademed head right / Macedonian helmet with ibex horn left; AΣK to inner left. SC 2039; HGC 9, 1061. Earthen dark green-brown patina. Good VF. Estimate: 100 USD |  |
Match 4:
| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 560 | Auction date: 17 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 216 Price realized: 150 USD (Approx. 141 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: SELEUKID EMPIRE. Tryphon. Circa 142-138 BC. Æ (19mm, 5.13 g, 1h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Diademed head right / Macedonian helmet with ibex horn left; palm frond to inner left. SC 2034.2c; HGC 9, 1061. Earthen dark green patina. Good VF. Estimate: 100 USD |  |
Match 5:
| Leu Numismatik AG > Auction 15 | Auction date: 1 June 2024 |
| Lot number: 143 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction - Bid on this lot | |
| Lot description: SELEUKID KINGS. Tryphon, circa 142-138 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 31 mm, 16.23 g, 1 h), Antiochia on the Orontes. Diademed head of Tryphon to right. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ / TPYΦΩNOΣ - AYTOKPATOPOΣ Spiked Macedonian (or Cretan?) helmet with cheek guards to left, adorned with wild goat's horn above visor; in inner left field, Π; all within oak wreath. CSE -. Roma 14 (2017), 318 (same obverse die). SC -, cf. 2031 (unlisted with Π, but cf. SC 2033i for Π on a drachm). SMA -. Of the highest rarity, apparently the second known example of this variety. A beautiful coin with a magnificent portrait. The reverse struck slightly off center, otherwise, nearly extremely fine. Ex Leu 10, 24 October 2021, 2211 and previously from a German collection, formed in the 1960s. The distinctive reverse type with a helmet was minted by Tryphon in two variants, once with and once without a surrounding oak wreath (see lot 142 above). The meaning of the oak wreath is unclear - is it a victory wreath commemorating a military success, or does the significance lean more towards the divine, reminiscent of the sacred oak tree of the Zeus sanctuary in Dodona? Iconographically, Tryphon's oak wreath is certainly an innovation in Seleukid coinage. As such, it fits into a series of innovations introduced by the usurper, who could not claim dynastic Seleukid legitimacy, particularly following the death of his protégé Antiochus VI. Consequently, he ventured iconographically down new paths, introducing the new title AYTOKPATOPOΣ as well as dating his reign by regnal years instead of the Seleukid era on coins from Ake-Ptolemais. Unsurprisingly, all of these innovations were immediately abandoned following the downfall of the usurper in 138 BC. Regarding the oak wreath, it should be noted that there are several precedents for it outside the Seleukid realm, especially in the slightly earlier coinage of the Macedonian king Perseus, as well as on some nearly contemporary stephanophoric tetradrachms of Western Asia Minor, such as those from Kyzikos, Aigai, and Herakleia on the Latmos. It appears highly probable that these examples significantly influenced the iconography of Tryphon's tetradrachms from Antioch, much like the Ptolemaic prototypes did for his coinage in Ake-Ptolemais. Estimate: 5000 CHF |  |
