Numismatica Ars Classica > Auction 149Auction date: 2 December 2024
Lot number: 141

Price realized: 4,000 CHF   (Approx. 4,506 USD / 4,304 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Antiochus, son of Seleucus IV, 175
Tetradrachm, Antiochia on the Orontes circa 175, AR 30 mm, 17.03 g. Diademed head of child Antiochus r. Fillet border. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ – ANTI – OXOY Apollo seated l. on omphalos, testing arrow in r. hand and resting l. arm on grounded bow; in outer l. field, tripod and in exergue, monogram. SMA 46. Le Rider, Antioche 9-18. SC 1369b.
Very rare. A gentle portrait of fine style struck in high relief,
light iridescent tone and good very fine

Ex Stephen Album Rare coins sale 47, 2023, 13.
In an attempt to gain power for himself, Heliodorus, a leading official at the court of Seleucus IV, murdered his master and placed the dead king's infant son Antiochus on the throne on 3 September 175 BC. The regency was given to the young king's mother, Laodice IV, but real authority rested in the hands of Heliodorus. This arrangement was extremely brief as Seleucus' brother Antiochus IV Epiphanes arrived in October with Attalid military support and drove out Heliodorus. Rather than risk potential civil war, Antiochus IV adopted his nephew and probably married Laodice IV in October/November 175 BC, thereby ending the short independent reign of Seleucus' son and bloodlessly assuming the kingship. Nevertheless, in 170 BC, as he was about to embark on his first invasion of Ptolemaic Egypt, Antiochus IV ordered the death of his adopted nephew.

Estimate: 1250 CHF

Match 1:
Numismatica Ars Classica > Auction 149Auction date: 2 December 2024
Lot number: 312

Price realized: 1,100 CHF   (Approx. 1,239 USD / 1,184 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Antiochus VII Euergets (Sidetes), 138 – 129
Tetradrachm, uncertain mint 106 circa 138-129, AR 30 mm, 16.55 g. Diademed head of Antiochus VII r. Fillet border. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ – ANTIOXOY – EYEP – ΓETOY Athena standing l., holding Nike with wreath in r. hand and shield and spear in l.; in l. field, two monograms. All within wreath. SC 2086.
Extremely rare. Light iridescent tone, minor marks on obverse, otherwise good very fine

Ex Stack's Bowers & Ponterio sale 18 January 2021, 23065.

Graded NGC EF strike 5/5, surface 4/5 – marks.

Estimate: 300 CHF

Match 2:
Numismatica Ars Classica > Auction 149Auction date: 2 December 2024
Lot number: 159

Price realized: 450 CHF   (Approx. 507 USD / 484 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Antiochus IV Epiphanes, 175 – 164
Tetradrachm, Antiochia in Persis circa 175-164, AR 27 mm, 16.75 g. Diademed head of Antiochus IV r. Fillet border. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ – ANTIOXOY Apollo seated l. on omphalos, testing arrow in r. hand and resting l. arm on grounded bow; in outer l. field, monogram and in outer r. field, monogram. SC 1526.1 var. (BA instead of monogram).
An apparently unrecorded variety of an extremely rare issue. Old cabinet tone and very fine

The monogram on the left has been added over the previously erased BA monogram.

Estimate: 500 CHF

Match 3:
Numismatica Ars Classica > Auction 149Auction date: 2 December 2024
Lot number: 311

Price realized: 190 CHF   (Approx. 214 USD / 204 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Antiochus VII Euergets (Sidetes), 138 – 129
Tetradrachm, uncertain mint 103 circa 138-129, AR 29 mm, 16.75 g. Diademed head of Antiochus VII r. Fillet border. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ – ANTIOXOY – EYEP – ΓETOY Athena standing l., holding Nike with wreath in r. hand and shield and spear in l.; in l. field, two monograms. All within wreath. CSE 607. SC 2081.1.
Extremely rare. About very fine

Privately purchased from Busso-Peus on 4th November 2021.

Estimate: 150 CHF

Match 4:
Numismatica Ars Classica > Auction 149Auction date: 2 December 2024
Lot number: 313

Price realized: 180 CHF   (Approx. 203 USD / 194 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Antiochus VII Euergets (Sidetes), 138 – 129
Tetradrachm, uncertain mint 107 circa 138-129, AR 33 mm, 14.23 g. Diademed head of Antiochus VII r. Fillet border. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ – ANTIOXOY – EYE – PΓETOY Athena standing l., holding Nike with wreath in r. hand and shield and spear in l.; in l. field, monogram. All within wreath. SC 2091 var. (different monogram).
Extremely rare. About very fine

Estimate: 150 CHF

Match 5:
Numismatica Ars Classica > Auction 149Auction date: 2 December 2024
Lot number: 161

Price realized: 350 CHF   (Approx. 394 USD / 377 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Antiochus IV Epiphanes, 175 – 164
Tetradrachm, uncertain Eastern mint circa 175-164, AR 30 mm, 16.49 g. Diademed head of Antiochus IV r. Fillet border. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ – ANTIOXOY Apollo seated l. on omphalos, testing arrow in r. hand and resting l. arm on grounded bow. SC –.
Apparently unique and unrecorded. About very fine

Privately purchased from Zurqieh Ancient Numismatics on Vcoins on 3rd July 2022.

Estimate: 200 CHF