Lot 1122
Seleukid Kingdom. Antiochos IV Epiphanes. Æ Drachm (12.69 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. BAΣIΛEΩ[Σ] ANTIOΧOY ΘEOY [E]ΠIΦAN[OYΣ], eagle standing right on thunderbolt. (SC 1413; HGC 9, 643). Green patina. Very fine. Estimate $500UP
A large bronze coin struck in the Ptolemaic style for use during Antiochos IV's planned invasion of Egypt. Livy records that Antiochos and his 100,000-man army were turned back at the border by an aging Roman official and a dozen men who drew a line in the sand (Livy XLV.12).
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