Live auction - bgr_823564 - SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - ANTIOCHUS VI DIONYSUS Drachme
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Estimate : | 300 € |
Price : | 190 € |
Maximum bid : | 190 € |
End of the sale : | 25 April 2023 14:25:44 |
bidders : | 3 bidders |
Type : Drachme
Date: an 169
Mint name / Town : Antioche, Syrie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 4,06 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan bien centré des deux côtés. Joli portrait d’Antiochus VI. Revers agréable à l’usure régulière. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête diadémée et radiée d’Antiochus VI à droite ; grènetis circulaire perlé.
Reverse
Reverse description : Apollon assis à gauche sur l'omphalos, tenant une flèche de la main droite et appuyé sur son arc de la main gauche ; monogramme entre les jambes d’Apollon.
Reverse legend : BASILEWS/ ANTIOCOU// EPIF-ANOUS// DION-USOU// (PAO)// QXR STA.
Reverse translation : (du roi Antiochus glorieux Dionysos).
Commentary
Ce type se rencontre dans le trésor de Téhéran (IGCH 1813) et du sud-est de la Turquie (CH III, 60).