An exceptional drachm of Antiochos VI Dionysos
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SELEUKID KINGS. Antiochos VI Dionysos, 144-142 BC. Drachm (Silver, 18 mm, 4.35 g, 1 h), Antiochia on the Orontes, SE 170 = 143/2. Radiate and diademed head of the youthful Antiochos VI to right. Rev. [ΒΑ]ΣΙΛΕ[ΩΣ] / ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟ[Υ] - ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ / ΔΙΟΝΥΣΟΥ - OP ΣΤ[A] Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding arrow in his right hand and resting his left on grounded bow; between Apollo's legs, monogram. HGC 9, 1036a. SC 2002.2e. SMA 248. Sharply struck and exceptionally well preserved, a beautifully toned piece with a magnificent portrait of the child king. Good extremely fine.


Ex Gemini IV, 8 January 2008, 220.
Price: 2,500 CHF

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