Lot 359
SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos IV Epiphanes. 175-164 BC. AR Tetradrachm (34.5mm, 16.46 g, 12h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Series 3, struck circa 166 BC. VF.
Panhellenic Festival at Daphne in 166 BC
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$11,000
Est.
$4,000
Starting Bid: $2,400
Live Auction
Triton XXVIII
Live bidding began Jan 14, 2025 at 9:00 AM EST
Description
SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos IV Epiphanes. 175-164 BC. AR Tetradrachm (34.5mm, 16.46 g, 12h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Series 3, struck circa 166 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY ΘEOY EΠIΦANOYΣ NIKHΦOPOY, Apollo, wearing laurel wreath and long chiton, standing right, holding phiale in his extended right hand and cradling kithara in his left arm. SC 1401; Le Rider, Antioche 560 (A57/P389); Mørkholm Series III, 24, dies A54/P205; SMA 64; HGC 9, 622; Babelon, Rois 547 (same dies); CSE 110 (same obv. die). Lightly toned, some roughness and die wear on obverse, minor double strike on reverse. VF. Very rare.

Ex Harlan J. Berk inventory (NN, ND); Leu 28 (5 May 1981), lot 195.

Newell and Mørkholm associated this extraordinary type with the great panhellenic festival celebrated at Daphne. The authors of Seleucid Coins state that “only ten specimens of this exceptional coinage survive, and four or five of them show traces of overstriking.”

The final winners of all Triton XXVIII lots will be determined at the live public sale that will be held on 14-15 January 2025.

Triton XXVIII – Session Two – Lot 288–557 will be held Tuesday afternoon, 14 January 2025 beginning at 2:00 PM ET.


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