Lot 1121
Seleukid Kingdom. Antiochos IV Epiphanes. Æ (37.84 g), 175-164 BC. 'Egyptianizing' series. Antioch on the Orontes, 169/8 BC. Laureate head of Zeus-Serapis right, wearing tainia with Osiris crown at tip. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOΧOY ΘEOY EΠIΦANOYΣ, eagle standing right on thunderbolt. (SC 1413; HGC 9, 643). Another, smaller Æ (20.47 g) of the same 'Egyptianizing' series, with Isis / Eagle. (SC 1414; HGC 9, 644). First with an earthen brown patina, the second with a dark green-black patina. Both very fine. (2). Estimate $750UP
Second ex CNG E172 (5 September 2007), lot 60.
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