| Numismatica Ars Classica > Auction 149 | Auction date: 2 December 2024 |
| Lot number: 40 Price realized: 5,500 CHF (Approx. 6,195 USD / 5,918 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: Antiochos II Theos, 261 – 246 Tetradrachm, Tarsus circa 261-246, AR 32 mm, 17.13 g. Diademed head of Antiochus II r. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ – ANTIOXOY Apollo seated l. on omphalos, holding arrow in r. hand and resting l. on grounded bow; in outer l. field, NK monogram and in exergue, AI monogram. CSE I 457 (this coin). Boehringer, Zur Chronologie Mittellenistischer Munzserein, 220-160 v. Chr., pl. 3, 10 (this coin). Tradart, Les monnaies de l'antiquité. Splendeurs et témoignages', 3.85 (this coin and illustrated on back cover). SC 562. An elegant portrait of fine style struck in high relief with a light iridescent tone. Good very fine / about extremely fine Ex M&M XXV, 1962, 745; NFA XVIII, 1987, 296 and Lansky Lambert 7, 2023, 157 sales. From the 1962 Syria Hoard (IGCH X, 1531) and from the Arthur Houghton collection. These same monograms appear on the coinage struck during the Ptolemaic occupation of Tarsus, c. 246-243, and on tetradrachms of Seleucus II (WSM 1315), indicating a date of issue for this tetradrachm late in the reign of Antiochus II. Possibly it is even a posthumous ("interregnum") issue struck for the defence of Cilicia against Ptolemy III, who did not initiate the Third Syrian War until after the death of Antiochus. Estimate: 2000 CHF |  |
