Davissons Ltd.
Auction 41 16 Mar 2022
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Classic Greece. Robert Ready British Museum electrotype. Syria. Antiochos VI Dionysos. 144-142 B.C. Silver tetradrachm copy. 31 x 35 mm. 16.53 gm actual coin weight. Radiate bust of young Antiochus IV Dionysus right / The Dioscuri charging left; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΧΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΔΙΟΝΥΣΟΥ in four lines; date ΘΖΡ (Year 169 = 144/3 BC); ΤΡΥ over Φ in field for his guardian Tryphon. Head plate 40, 25. As made; an extreme rarity in the series.