Watch List notes:

SELEUKID KINGS OF SYRIA. Antiochos VII Euergetes (Sidetes), 138-129 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 31 mm, 16.73 g, 1 h), Damaskos, SE 179 = 134/3. Diademed head of Antiochos VII to right. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟY - EYEPΓETOY Athena standing front, head to left, holding Nike in her right hand and resting her left on shield decorated with gorgoneion and set on ground; behind, spear; to left, ΛE above monogram; in exergue, ΘOP; all within laurel wreath. SC 2096.4. A lovely piece with an unusually skinny portrait. About extremely fine.


From a European collection, formed before 2005.