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  [Image]                              Item Sold At Auction #26
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                Lot Number: 62159
                Estimate: $150.00
                Final Sale Price: $143.00
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                Denomination: Drachm
                Grade: VF
                Reference: Houghton 68; Newell, ESM 631 var.; SNG Spaer 693 var.




  Syria, Seleukid Kings. Antiochos III. 223-187 BC. AR Drachm (3.93 gm). Nisibis mint.
  Struck circa 199-196 BC. Diademed head right / Elephant walking right. Houghton, "The
  Elephants of Nisibis," in ANSMN 31 (1986), 68 (same obverse die); Newell, ESM 631
  var. (monogram); SNG Spaer 693 var. (monogram). VF, localized reverse porosity, very
  high relief on obverse. Estimate $150.



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