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Auction 117  19-20 May 2021
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Lot 285

Estimate: 300 USD
Price realized: 600 USD
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos V Eupator. 164-162 BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 4.16 g, 12h). Uncertain mint 81, in western Media. Diademed head right; ΣA to left / Apollo, testing arrow and placing hand on grounded bow, seated left on omphalos; uncertain control(s) to outer left. Cf. SC 1586.4; Le Rider, Suse, –; HGC 9, 754; ECH 17 (this coin). Lightly toned, trace deposits, a hint of porosity, minor die wear. VF. An unpublished issue from a very rare mint (see CNG E-304, lot 164, the only example of an issue from this mint in CoinArchives, which hammered at $650).

From the Eastern Campaigns Hoard (publication forthcoming).
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