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Auction 117  19-20 May 2021
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Lot 274

Estimate: 5000 USD
Price realized: 7500 USD
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos Hierax. Circa 242-227 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31mm, 16.95 g, 11h). Parion mint. Diademed head right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ [A]NTIOXOY, Apollo, testing arrow in his right hand, left hand on bow set on ground to right, seated left on omphalos; in exergue, facing head of pan and monogram (engraved over another monogram). SC 836.2; Seyrig, Parion 27 var. (dies III/– [unlisted rev. die]); WSM 1462; HGC 9, 403a; ANS inv. 1977.158.652 (same dies). Minor die wear. EF. Very rare. Fine style portrait.

From the MNL Collection, purchased from Pars Coins, March 2014.

The dies used for this coin were originally used to strike SC 836.5; see Seyrig, Trésors 1.42 (= BN inv. 1971.924), for an example of these dies with the original control marks.
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