SELEUKID KINGS. Antiochos VII Euergetes (Sidetes), 138-129 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 32 mm, 16.72 g, 1 h), Antiochia on the Orontes. Diademed head of Antiochos VII to right. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ - ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ Athena standing front, head to left, holding Nike in her right hand and resting her left on shield decorated with gorgoneion and set on ground; spear leaning against her left arm; to outer left, monogram of ΔΙ above monogram of AΠ; all within laurel wreath. SC 2061.1n. SMA 273. Boldly struck on an exceptionally large and medallic flan, and with a portrait of fine style. About extremely fine.
From the Basileiai Hellēnikai Collection of Exceptional Tetradrachms and from the Medicus Collection, Numismatica Ars Classica 149, 2 December 2024, 303.
Starting price | 1'200 CHF |
Estimate | 1'500 CHF |