★ A Rare Seleukid Didrachm of Tyre ★

No Reserve

Seleukid Empire, Antiochos VII Euergetes (Sidetes) AR Didrachm. Tyre, dated SE 179 = 134/3 BC. Diademed and draped bust to right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ [ANTIOXOY], eagle standing to left on ship's ram, with palm branch over shoulder; APE above monogram of Tyre on club in left field, AΣ above ΘOP (date) to right, monogram between legs. SC 2110.7; SNG Spaer 2057; DCA 201; HGC 9, 1077. 6.88g, 20mm, 1h.

Good Very Fine; struck on sound metal, lustrous and lightly toned. Extremely Rare.

Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 102, 3 November 2022, lot 549.