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  [Image]                             Item Sold At Auction #39
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                Lot Number: 64432
                Estimate: $100.00
                Final Sale Price: $302.50
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                Denomination: 20mm
                Grade: VF brown patina
                Reference: SNG Spaer 304 var. (control marks); Houghton 953 var.
                (same); Kritt, type IV, 1




  Syria, Seleukid Kings. Antiochos I. 280-261 BC. Æ 20mm (7.22 gm). Aï Khanoum mint.
  Head of Apollo facing 3/4 right / [BASILEWS] ANTIOCOU, Nike advancing right, erecting
  trophy; D in left field. SNG Spaer 304 var. (control marks); Houghton 953 var.
  (same); Kritt, type IV, 1. VF, brown patina. Estimate $100.



  For reattribution of this coin type from Seleukia on the Tigris to Aï Khanoum, see
  Kritt, Seleucid Coins of Bactria, pp. 27-30.





Online auction number 39 closed October 10, 2001.



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