Seleukid Empire, Antiochos VI Æ16. Byblus, circa 142-141 BC. Radiate and diademed head right / [BAΣIΛEΩΣ AN]TIOXOY, Isis Pharia standing left on reed boat, holding billowing sail with right hand and tiller with left. SC 2021. 3.42g, 16mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely Rare, no examples on CoinArchives.
Export permit approved by the Israel Antiquities Authority.
The authors of SC note that this extremely rare reverse type occurs both for Antiochos IV and VI, those being struck after 142 BC for Antiochos VI bearing much more childlike portraits on thinner, more irregular flans.