SELEUCID KINGDOM. Antiochus IX Eusebes Philopator (Cyzicenus) (114/3-95 BC). AR tetradrachm (29mm, 16.47 gm, 12h). NGC AU S 5/5 - 4/5. Uncertain mint 123, probably in northern Phoenicia, ca. 111/0 BC. Diademed head of Antiochus IX right, with short, curly beard and mustache, diadem ties falling straight behind; bead-and-reel border / BAΣIΛEΩΣ / ANTIOXOY / ΦΙΛΟ-ΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ, Athena standing facing, head left, resting left hand on grounded shield decorated with gorgoneion boss, spear resting against left arm, Nike left in right hand, crowning border; HP monogram in left field, all within wreath. SC 2389a. Ex Triton XVI, Sessions 1 & 2 (8 January 2013), lot 555

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