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Auction: 1012 - Ancient, English & Foreign Coins & Commemorative Medals
Lot: 1261

Kingdom of Syria, Antiochos IV, Epiphanes (175-164 BC), AR Tetradrachm, 16.12g, Antioch, posthumous issue, struck c.146/145 BC, diademed head right, rev. baie antioxoy eianoy, Zeus enthroned left, holding Nike and sceptre, date of s.e. 167 and a over m in ex. (Seleucid Coins 1885 (5c); Houghton, CSE, 210), about very fine, rare Estimate £ 300-400 Mørkholm thought this rare issue was either struck by Alexander Bala to emphasise his legitimacy to the people of Antioch, prior to his being forced from the city, or it was struck by local magistrates in the interregnum that followed his escape to Cilicia.

Sold for
£500