Davissons Ltd.
Auction 40 3 Mar 2021
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KINGS OF COMMAGENE. Antiochos IV Epiphanes, with Iotape. A.D. 38-40 and 41-72. Æ oktachalkon. 15.15 gm. 28 mm. Late series with bevelled edge. Samosata mint. Struck circa A.D. 54-65. Diademed and draped bust of Antiochos IV right; ΒΑΣΙΛEYΣ MEΓ ANTIOXOC EΠI around; anchor within circular countermark on neck / KOMMAΓ-HNΩN around scorpion, all within laurel wreath. RPC I 3854. ACV -. Kovacs 254. For c/m: Kovacs 2. Howgego 373. Good Very Fine; green and brown patina. The countermark seems to have been applied after A.D. 69.