Seleucid Kingdom, Antiochos IX Eusebes Philopator, Tetradrachm ca. 114-112 BC

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Description

Seleucid Kingdom. Antiochos IX Eusebes Philopator (Kyzikenos), first reign. AR Tetradrachm, 16.26 gr., 29.4 mm, ca. 114-112 BC, Tarsos.
Obverse: diademed head of Antiochos IX to the right; filleted border //
Reverse: [B]AΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY ΦIΛOΠATOPOΣ; Sandan standing to the right on back of horned lion-griffin standing to the right upon garlanded altar with baldachin; two monograms to the outer left.

Ref: SC 2349.1b (this coin); HGC 9, 1230.

Nice toning. Obverse slightly off-centre, old marks in reverse left field. Rare. Good very fine.

Provenance Details

Ex NFA XX (West Hollywood, 1988), lot 797.
A Houghton-Lorber plate coin.

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