Hess Divo

Auction 343  –  25 May 2025

Hess Divo, Auction 343

Ancient and Modern Rarities - The Eberhard W. Kornfeld Collection

Su, 25.05.2025, from 2:00 PM CEST
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Description

SELEUCID KINGDOM OF SYRIA.
ANTIOCHOS VI DIONYSOS, king 145-142 BC. Tetradrachm, Antiochia on the Orontes, dated 143-142. AR 16.67 g. Head of Antiochos r., radiate and wearing royal diadem; around, stemma. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ / ANTIOXOY - EΠIΦANOYΣ / ΔIONYΣOY The Dioskuroi on horseback galloping l., wearing chlamys floating in the wind and piloi, each holding lance; in field r., TPY, monogram and ΣTA, below horses, date OP (year 170 of the Seleucid era); all within Dionysiac wreath composed of ears of corn, laurel, ivy leaves and lotus blossoms. Houghton-Lorber II, 323, 2000.3d; Newell, SMA 242.
Scarce. Large flan. Light tone. Extremely fine

Provenance:
From a Swiss collection
Münzen und Medaillen AG, Basel - Fixed Price List 564 (1995), 12.

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Starting price 2'000 CHF
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