Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 2 . 496
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos, son of Seleukos IV. 175 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 16.99 g, 12h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Diademed head right / Apollo, testing arrow and placing hand on grounded bow, seated left on omphalos; tripod to outer left, monogram in exergue. SC 1369f; Le Rider, Antioche, dies A1/P19, 34 = CSE 96 (this coin, illustrated in both); HGC 9, 610b. Toned, double struck, a little off center on obverse. VF. Very rare, one of only six noted by Le Rider, two additional in CoinArchives. From the Weise Collection, purchased from Freeman & Sear (inventory G158). Ex Dr. George C. Brauer Collection (Numismatic Fine Arts Fall Mail Bid Sale, 12 October 1988), lot 439; Arthur Houghton Collection.
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