SELEUKID KINGS, Antiochos VII Euergetes (Sidetes), 138-129 BC. Didrachm (Silver, 21mm, 7.03 g 12), Tyre, year 177 = 136/5. Diademed and draped bust of Antiochos VII to right. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ Eagle standing left on prow, with palm branch over his right shoulder; to left Α/ΠΕ over club topped by the Tyre monogram ; to right, ΑΣΥ / ΖΟΡ; between legs, Σ. SC 2110.51. Very nicely toned and with a lovely portrait. Minor scratch on the reverse, otherwise, good very fine.
From the Stoecklin Collection, and from the collections of A. de Petrowicz, Naville X, 15 June 1925, 1262, and that of Walcher de Moltheim in Vienna.
Price realized | 600 CHF |
Starting price | 220 CHF |
Estimate | 275 CHF |