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Greek Coinages, SELEUKID EMPIRE, Antiochos Eupator (164-162): Tetradrachm, struck at...

In The Phillips Family Collection of Ancient Gree...

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Greek Coinages, SELEUKID EMPIRE, Antiochos Eupator (164-162): Tetradrachm, struck at Antioch under the Regent Lysias

Obverse: head right with tightly curled hair, wearing royal diadem; filleted border around

Reverse: bασιλεωσ αντιοχου ευπατοροσ: Zeus seated left on ornate stool, holding wreath-bearing Nike and sceptre; δι to outer left

Metal: silver; Attic weight standard; 16.64g/1h

References: Le Rider 243, this coin [A20/P179] = Newell 76.2, this coin; Houghton/Lorber 1575.9

Condition: Very fine and toned; with an excellent Hellenistic portrait and a particularly distinguished pedigree £300-£360

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Provenance: Prince Chachowsky Collection
Egger Auction XX, Vienna, 7 January 1908, lot 74
M. Collignon Collection
Feuardent Freres Auction, Paris, 19 December 1919, lot 390
Naville Auction X, Lucerne, 15-18 June 1925, lot 1059
R. Laughlin Collection
Adolph Hess Auction, Lucerne, 18 December 1933, lot 102
Glendining Auction, 25 March 1947, lot 19
Greek Coinages, SELEUKID EMPIRE, Antiochos Eupator (164-162): Tetradrachm, struck at Antioch under the Regent Lysias

Obverse: head right with tightly curled hair, wearing royal diadem; filleted border around

Reverse: bασιλεωσ αντιοχου ευπατοροσ: Zeus seated left on ornate stool, holding wreath-bearing Nike and sceptre; δι to outer left

Metal: silver; Attic weight standard; 16.64g/1h

References: Le Rider 243, this coin [A20/P179] = Newell 76.2, this coin; Houghton/Lorber 1575.9

Condition: Very fine and toned; with an excellent Hellenistic portrait and a particularly distinguished pedigree £300-£360

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Provenance: Prince Chachowsky Collection
Egger Auction XX, Vienna, 7 January 1908, lot 74
M. Collignon Collection
Feuardent Freres Auction, Paris, 19 December 1919, lot 390
Naville Auction X, Lucerne, 15-18 June 1925, lot 1059
R. Laughlin Collection
Adolph Hess Auction, Lucerne, 18 December 1933, lot 102
Glendining Auction, 25 March 1947, lot 19

The Phillips Family Collection of Ancient Greek Coins

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