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Nomos 15

22 October 2017
Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Zürich
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Estimate: 800 CHF
Hammer Price:  2800 CHF
Lot 183

SELEUKID KINGS OF SYRIA. Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (Grypos), 121/0-97/6 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 28 mm, 16.56 g, 12 h), Tarsos, 121/0-114/3. Diademed head of Antiochos VIII to right; fillet border. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ - ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ "Pyre of Sandan": Sandan standing right on horned lion between two omphaloi; all on a garlanded altar beneath a pyramidal baldacchino; to left, two monograms. SC 2286a. Nicely toned and clear. Two very small flan cracks and a few minor marks, otherwise, good very fine.

From the Molard Collection, Switzerland, acquired from the collection of M. Eddé on 28 November 2011, ex Hess 253, 8 March 1983, 264 (CHF 2000) and from the collection of A. de Petrowicz, Naville X, 15 June 1925, 1446.

For an enlarged view of Sandan on his lion, struck some 240 years later, see lot 242.

Online bidding closes: 22 Oct 2017, 12:00:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 24 Apr 2024, 14:01:49 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:2800 CHF

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