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Auction: 11023 - Ancient, English & Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 604

Kingdom of Syria, Antiochos Epiphanes (128 BC), AR Tetradrachm, 16.82g, Antioch, diademed head right, rev. baie antioxoy eianoy, Tyche standing left, kalathos on head, holding tiller and cornucopia, on left, n in circle behind (Seleucid Coins 2208; Houghton 689), a rare issue of Antiochos VIII in childhood, and the first appearance of standing Tyche on the coinage of Antioch, good very fine Estimate £ 1,500-1,800

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