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Lot 369

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SELEUKID KINGS OF SYRIA. Antiochos IV Epiphanes, 175-164 BC. (Bronze, 17 mm, 4.62 g, 12 h), quasi-municipal issue, Laodikeia in Phoenicia (Berytos). Radiate and diademed head of Antiochos IV to right. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ / "[belonging] to Laodikeia, mother in Canaan" (in Phoenician) Astarte standing left on prow, resting left elbow on rudder; in left field, ΛA; in right field, monogram of ΦΟ. HGC 9, 699 (R2). Cf. Sawaya 62 (D16?/R28; obverse die not certain). SC 1450. Very rare. The obverse struck off-center, otherwise, nearly very fine.

From the Thomas Kirby Collection, USA.
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