ANCIENT COINS. GREEK. Kingdom of Syria, Seleucid Kings, Antiochos IV Epiphanes (175-164 B.C.), Silver Tetradrachm, 16.66g, 12h. Mint of Antioch, struck 168 B.C. Head of bearded Zeus facing right, wearing a laurel-wreath. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY ΘEOY EΠIΦANOYΣ / NIKHΦOPOY, Zeus enthroned left, holding Nike in his outstretched right hand and a sceptre in his left (Mørkholm, Studies in the Coinage of Antiochos IV of Syria (1963), p. 24, 14, pl. V (this coin); Houghton & Lorber, SC 1398; Newell, SMA 63; Houghton 106; Gulbenkian 1039; Prospero 611). Toned, good very fine, a very attractive example.
Ex Henri Seyrig Collection
Ex Munzen und Medaillen, Auction 32, October 1966, lot 144
Ex Abramowitz Family Collection, Superior, 8 December 1993, lot 303
Estimate: $4,000